Legacy of Pope John Paul II
The
pontificate of John Paul II was one of the longest
in the history of the Catholic Church.
Few popes of any
century have had such an impact, either on the
Church or the times in which they lived. He saw
himself as the universal pastor, using air travel
and the mass media to take his message to the world.
Familiar routine: Pope John Paul II
kissing the ground, this time in
Lithuania
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He became a
familiar sight - arriving in another foreign land,
kissing the ground, and then preaching at an open
air mass to perhaps a million people.
"Through those amazing journeys he
showed the Catholic Church to the world as never
before," said John Wilkins, former editor of the
Catholic magazine, The Tablet.
John
Paul II travelled to virtually every corner of the
world to meet his flock, re-defining the papacy for
a modern age. |
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