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.
In other words, he was the complete opposite of everything that is the Democratic Party.