Today, there are still some who would question the reasons for beatifying Pope John Paul II.


For those of you still in doubt, please remember the great deeds of our former Pontiff—

deeds which the Church has not witnessed in 2000 years.


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      The apologies for the presumed sins of Catholics in prior epochs of Church history.


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      The Assisi gatherings of October 1986 and January 2002 with all the religions of the world.


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      The Pope’s public kissing of the Koran during the 1999 visit to Rome of a group of Iraqi Christians and Muslims.


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      The exclamation of March 21, 2000 in the Holy Land: “May St. John the Baptist protect Islam and all the people of Jordan...” [Cf. “Papal Homily in the Holy Land,” vatican.va].


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      The bestowal of pectoral crosses—symbols of episcopal authority—on two Anglicans, George Carey (who permitted the Ordination of Women) and Rowan Williams.


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      Pope John Paul’s active participation in pagan worship at a “sacred forest” in Togo.


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      The ecuмenical vespers service in St. Peter’s Basilica, the very heart of the visible Church,

      in which the Pope consented to pray together with Lutheran “bishops,”

      including women claiming to be successors of the Apostles.

Prominent Neo-Cath told me that JPII did not "apologize" for anything. Instead, he asked forgiveness from God directly in order to "purify" the Church for the new millenium. He says the media misreported the acts as "apologies".  :rolleyes:

Prominent Neo-Cath told me that JPII did not "apologize" for anything. Instead, he asked forgiveness from God directly in order to "purify" the Church for the new millenium. He says the media misreported the acts as "apologies".  :rolleyes:

The media misrepresenting something Catholic.  NO! Really?  What a surprise.  I don't pay too much attention to the media

And I am not familiar with that particular speech from JP2,.

You forgot that he excommunicated Archbishop LeFebvre! In any case, good post, Matthew. It really irritates me to see so many people defend a man who was filled with modernism.