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  Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Paul II was succeeded by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany, the former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith who had led the Funeral Mass for John Paul II.
John Paul II was interred in the grottoes under the basilica, the Tomb of the Popes.
John Paul II was a considered a conservative on doctrine and issues relating to reproduction and the ordination of women.
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 Pope John Paul II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
On 1 February, 2005, the Pope was taken to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome suffering from acute inflammation of the larynx, brought on by a bout of influenza.
Pope John Paul II met a quarter of a million young people in [[Toronto in 2002]] John Paul II had a special relationship also with the Catholic youth and is known by some as "The Pope for Youth." He was a hero to many of them.
John Paul II was also sometimes criticised for the way he administered the Church; in particular, critics charged that he failed to respond quickly enough to the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal.
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 Jewish-Christian Relations :: Christian-Jewish Relations — The Legacy of Pope John Paul II
In a letter to Archbishop John May in August 1987, he stated that an authentic approach towards the teaching of the Shoah must first grapple with the specific Jewish reality of the event and that it is from this particularity that the universal message of the Shoah may be derived.
John Paul II also came to appreciate the inextricable religious and national elements in Judaism that render the State of Israel of such importance for contemporary Jewry.
In 1986 in Australia, John Paul II declared to leaders of the Jewish community, that “the Catholic Faith is rooted in the eternal truths of the Hebrew Scriptures and in the irrevocable covenant made with Abraham.
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 National Catholic Reporter: Obituary of Pope John Paul II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
John Paul II was a stunningly successful historical actor; biographer Jonathan Kwitny once called him “the man of the century.” In an age in which institutional religion was supposed to be sliding toward extinction, he applied the force of his enormous personality to revitalizing it.
John Paul remained anti-American on questions of war and peace, critical of the U.S. role as global arms salesman, and was appalled at what Americans do with their wealth.
Whatever may be said publicly, John Paul II did not endear himself to some of his brother bishops, either in the exercise of “collegiality” or in the way in which he permitted some Vatican Congregations in particular, and the Roman curia in general, to deal with them.
www.nationalcatholicreporter.org /update/conclave/jp_obit_main.htm   (8800 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Obituary: Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II, who has died at the age of 84, was seen in the flesh by more people than any other pope in history.
John Paul made some rhetorical concessions early on, but soon showed that he regarded his office as an asset for Christian unity: all the problems would be resolved if only others would recognise the need for a return to his authority.
John Paul came to the papacy with a vision, a critique of his predecessor, and a policy.
www.guardian.co.uk /pope/story/0,12272,1451324,00.html   (3432 words)

  
 The Papacy - Pope John Paul II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
These are infused with the pope’s distinctive personalism, which emphasizes the dignity and rights of the human person, most truly understood in the light of Christ, as the norm and goal of human endeavor.
Published in 1992 by authorization of John Paul II (the original was in French, with the English translation appearing in 1994 and the authoritative Latin editio typica in 1997), this first catechism for the universal Church in four centuries is crucial to the hoped-for renewal of catechesis.
Pope John Paul established a new Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in 1994 and Pontifical Academy for Life in 1995.
www.osv.com /catholicalmanac/popejpiia.asp   (4012 words)

  
 The Legacy of Pope John Paul II for Catholic-Jewish relations By David Rosen -- Beliefnet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Legacy of Pope John Paul II for Catholic-Jewish Relations
Thus, the Pope's pilgrimage, with all the aspects of an official state visit and witnessed by millions of people around the globe, demonstrated the repudiation of that idea.
Indeed, Pope John Paul II went out of his way to ensure that full diplomatic relations betweeen the Holy See and the State of Israel were established well in advance of his visit to the Holy Land.
www.beliefnet.com /story/163/story_16346_1.html   (620 words)

  
 Pope John Paul II's Pontificate
John Paul gave thanks for "the prayer and sacrifices of all the People of God" for him during his pontificate.
8 Meeting of John Paul II and members of the Roman Curia with the metropolitan archbishops of the United States of America on the theme: "Evangelization in the Context of the Culture and Society of the United States with particular emphasis on the Role of the Bishop as Teacher of the Faith" (March 8-11).
7 Vatican concert for the commemoration of the Shoah, in the presence of John Paul II and Chief Rabbi of Rome, Elio Toaff.
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 CBC News Indepth: POPE JOHN PAUL II
John Paul's silence in 2001 when Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said Jews had killed Christ and tried to kill Mohammad was another.
Pope John Paul II led the world's Roman Catholics since he was the surprise choice of the College of Cardinals on Oct. 16, 1978.
He was a conservative pope in terms of doctrine, rejecting the ordination of women, forbidding priests from marrying, backing an international campaign against same-sex unions and opposing birth control and abortion.
www.cbc.ca /news/obit/pope/polish_experience.html   (597 words)

  
 academics | Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations | Tribute to Pope John Paul II
We honor and bless the memory of Karol Józef Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, by reprinting the text of his March 23, 2000CE speech at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem.
Pope John Paul II's dedication to healing the relationship between Catholics and Jews will be remembered as one of his most important legacies.
I have come to Yad Vashem to pay homage to the millions of Jewish people who, stripped of everything, especially of human dignity, were murdered in the Holocaust.
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 Jewish-Christian Relations :: Exhibit Traces Relation of Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People
Jewish-Christian Relations :: Exhibit Traces Relation of Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People
Exhibit Traces Relation of Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People
“A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People,” an exhibit now showing at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio (U.S.A.), traces this theme throughout the lifetime of the late Pope.
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 Power Line: April 2005 Archives
People this close-minded are not going to help us come to rational solutions about social justice or learn to work as one.
Paul Greenberg in the Washington Times identifies the latest Democratic Senator to attack the rights of Christian fundamentalists.
On a note related to the critique of the Dartmouth administration advanced by Robinson and Zywicki in their candidacies, Dartlog reports that Dartmouth has added a bureaucratic "sustainability director" to its payroll.
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 Amazon.com: Pope John Paul II (3pc) (1984) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Pope John Paul II: The Conscience of the World celebrates the Pope's 20th anniversary as the world's most compassionate leader by documenting his life, his actions, and his worship.
Many people today think of John Paul II as some sort of well-intentioned preachy old-timer set in his church's archaic ways, with little, if nothing, relevant to say in our present troubled times.
Also his meeting with a mentor who intoduces him to St. John of the Cross, he became a Secular Carmelite as a result and the Carmelite St. John of the Cross was to influence his life right up to the present day.
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 A Blessing to One Another - Pope John II & The Jewish People
In the course of his papacy, John Paul II shattered the chain of 2,000 years of painful history between Catholics and Jews, becoming the first pope ever to enter a synagogue, officially visit and recognize the State of Israel, and formally engage in an act of repentance for the Catholic Church’s historical treatment of Jews.
The exhibit drew its name from the pope's 1993 appeal marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising: “As Christians and Jews, following the example of the faith of Abraham, we are called to be a blessing
The exhibit now moves to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., where it will be on display this fall.
www.blessingexhibit.org   (168 words)

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