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Article: A man of great faith.(Editorials)(Pope John Paul II challenged all humanity)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- April 3, 2005
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Byline: The Register-Guard
One day after Pope John Paul II's death Saturday at age 84, we see only parts of the whole man, mostly those we wish to see - the world traveler, the charismatic leader, the linguist, the athlete, the scholar, the defender of human dignity. The world remembers these aspects of John Paul II's life with admiration, yet his legacy is a complicated one. He was at once orthodox and revolutionary, and his message was one that should disturb the comfort of everyone but a saint.
John Paul II certainly revolutionized the papacy. In 1978 Karol Woytyla became the first Pole to be elected pope, and the first non-Italian in nearly half a ...