Papal states. (Pope John Paul II's visit to Denver, Colorado and his efforts to sustain the religious values inherent in Catholic theology) (Editorial)

National Review | September 6, 1993 | Copyright

The Pope's visit to Denver was a triumph, demonstrating that millions of people-not only Catholics, or even believers-respond with joy to uncompromising reaffirmations of the morality the modern West so sorely lacks. Even Bill Clinton and Al Gore felt obliged to pay their respects to a man who opposes everything they stand for.

John Paul II was blunt in condemning "the culture of death," the systematized hedonism that by denying both life before birth and life after death reduces human existence to a desperate and destructive cult of pleasure and luxury. He reminded ...

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