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Article: John Paul II's passing calls for new vision in the Roman Catholic Church.(POPE--SPREAD)(Brief Article)
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- Catholic New Times
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- April 24, 2005
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The Catholic Network for Women's Equality joins the world in prayers of thanksgiving for the life of Pope John Paul II, a man of extraordinary peace and justice. John Paul II's stance against war most recently in Iraq--and his preaching against poverty and suffering across the globe, continually called the world to a higher sense of consciousness.
John Paul II preached about the dignity of women, yet we are saddened that women's full and equal place in the Roman Catholic Church regressed considerably during his papacy. Within the Church itself, John Paul promoted a centralized, authoritarian style of governance that did not fully embrace the liberating precepts ...