There have been some truly evil Popes in the history of the Roman Church, and there have been many who were genuinely good people. I think this one was clearly one of the good ones. Like all men, none of them were perfect. Most interestingly, especially as his passing came so close on the heels of that of Ms Schiavo, the Vatican announced last Wednesday, I think, that he had chosen not to go to the hospital. Perhaps he didn't want to be "plugged in" and kept vacantly alive for may years as she was.
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