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EVEN though I'm not Catholic and know relatively little about the intricacies of that faith, the death of the pope touched me in a way I hadn't expected.
I watched the television broadcasts showing the masses descending on Rome to pay their final respects and was mesmerized. It seemed unfathomable that in this day and apathetic age, so many would travel for hours to stand in line for even more hours just to spend a moment near him.See the full content of this document
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Is the Bar for a Miracle Too High?
Now, along with the election of the new pope, comes coverage of the push to have Pope John Paul II declared a saint. This, too, fascinates me. I'd never given much thought to sainthood before, never...
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