as if you want any more news reports from me today

[kellinator]

From CNN.com:

Pope John Paul II has been given the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church as his health deteriorates, a Vatican source tells CNN.

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[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

i can't help but imagine what the Church would be like now if his namesake and diametrically-opposed predecessor, John Paul I, had not died a scant month after becoming Pope...

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I'd be very curious to hear your speculations, because I know very little about John Paul I.

Who was the pope who was so universally beloved? I think he was one of the Johns?

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

John XXIII

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

John Paul I, from all indications, was a man of absolute peace and non-judgemental love and acceptance; it's known, for one, that he was completely okay with gay couples raising children -- a loving home is a loving home, regardless of the orientation or gender of the parents. i think the world in general would be a much more peaceful place had he lived. he had that beatific look to him that to me signifies a True Holy Person.

there's been talk that John Paul I was murdered for his views... even a book written about it.

i think it was one of the Johns who was universally beloved, though JP1 certainly was as well. sure wasn't Paul VI, who was about as hardline as JP2...

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the information. I've been reading about JPI and JXXIII and found it really humbling. If only...