Peter T:

I found your comment on the ignorence of the youths you met in Chartres interesting, and disturbing. Please be assured that not all of us young Catholics love the Pope only because "he is wonderful." Some of actually have a working familiarity with his writings. Personally, I have been studying a compilation of his writings about human sexuality, and considering they come from a man without direct experience (I assume) they are certainly very beautiful.

And if you wish, I believe I can dig up quotes from some 2nd,3rd,and 4th Century texts which illustrate that at least some bishops believed in papal primacy that far back.

I wish it had been possible for me to be in Toronto this week. Many of my friends went to Rome two years ago, and I could not go then, either. Every two years I wonder if I've missed my last chance to see JP2 at a World Youth Day.