JOHN PAUL THE GREAT: 1920-2005: SAINT OR SINNER? CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS weighs up the strengths and weaknesses of John Paul's reign.(News)

The Mirror (London, England) | April 4, 2005 | Copyright

Byline: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

THE passing of His Holiness The Pope is, in one way, none of the business of those who are not Roman Catholics.

If you do not believe that he was the anointed Vicar of Christ on Earth, and the holder of the Keys of Peter, you need not worry yourself at the thought of his Maker having subjected him to a long and painful and embarrassing dotage. (Even so, he fared better than his predecessor, who was un-chosen by Heaven only a few weeks after being anointed.)

However, the influence of the Catholic Church is such that it ...

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