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think- ago

Pope John Paul II was certainly not a good person. He didn't do anything about the sexual abuse in the RCC. He was one of those who did the cover-up. Don't know why people glorify him.

Gilderoy ago

I don't agree with all of his actions, but I do believe he was a man of intense prayer and had tremendous theological/spiritual insight. His encyclicals are a beautiful synthesis of traditional Catholic doctrine and contemporary thought. He was able to capture Biblical truths and present them in a dynamic way.

There is certainly abundant proof that he personally led a life of heroic virtue, but he made some terrible episcopal appointments and did not apparently root out the pedophiles as he should. Some have postulated that he did not believe all of the accusations and thought it was a plot by the Church's enemies to smear the clergy because he was accustomed to the Nazis and Communists using such tactics when he was a bishop and cardinal in Poland.

Vindicator ago

Indeed. Not to mention the fact that -- as many on this board know -- it is often hard for people who are genuinely good to comprehend the depths of depravity people who seem similar to themselves can fall to.