His Holiness the Pope John Paul II has passed away at 84.
I’m sure many more eloquent than I will comment appropriately. Let’s just say that John Paul II, longest serving pope of the 20th century and third longest of all time, was a towering figure, a man whose moral and rhetorical stature was just about as large as the post he held.
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In other words, he was the complete opposite of everything that is the Democratic Party.