Today’s OpinionJournal focused in on something that was niggling at me, and now I know what it is.
On all the TV stations, we’re getting round the clock Pope coverage. Where were all these people when the Pope was alive?
Even in the current coverage of how the Pope helped bring down communism, most of the media is bypassing the theme Pope John Paul II brought to the masses. THe underlying theme of love and hope, that we are all Christian brothers and sisters struggling through momentary trials with the help of our savior, Lord Jesus Christ. Nope, the media just sort of glosses over that point.
For all the affirmation of John Paul’s thinking, notably on communism, he received little sustained support in the U.S. or Europe for the spiritual content of his message. Across 26 years, this pope–preaching holiness–has been a voice crying in the cultural wilderness.
The article is well worth reading. John Paul’s politics may have won in the East, but they lost in the West. In order to accept the pope as a champion, you also had to consider his overall message on abortion, sexual preference, stem-cell research, etc. The pope was very conservative on all these issues. If you oppose the rest of John Paul II’s message, is he still a champion?
Chasing the Wind 
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