John Paul's papacy: A look back at an era.(Editorial)

From: The Boston Herald | Date: October 19, 2003 | Copyright information

It is perhaps difficult to think of Pope John Paul II as someone other than the frail figure who struggles against age and illness even as he presides today over the beatification of Mother Teresa.

Ah, but to judge John Paul's legacy by only these days is to judge the strength and beauty of a tree by its stark branches in winter. In the summer of his life, in the summer of his papacy, there was a richness and a fullness that forever changed the papacy itself. No, not the theology, not the core beliefs, but the institution and the way it - and this pope - related to the world.

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