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4.03.2005 ||> Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home
Today was a sad day for more than one billion people in the world as news of the Pope's death came through the news circuits. I was reminded of the time when, in college, a militantly secular classmate complained that the Pope was obsolete and didn't mean anything to the world. I think the mourners pouring in would say something different. While I didn't agree with the doctrine (like contraception and gay issues), sparking the Solidarity movement and helping to end apartheid were both large achievements that really set him apart from other world leaders.
A couple of weeks ago as the Pope underwent a tracheotomy, the news agencies were hysterically trying to drum up support for his resignation. "What if he's in a coma? What will happen? Should he resign??" Interestingly enough, nothing like that occurred. He passed relatively well and the church will go on. I fervently hope, however, that the same reporters who kicked a dying man while he was down with their moronic resignation talk eat the crow that they so richly deserve. It probably won't happen, but there's always the thought.
For my entire life there has only been one Pope. While I'm certainly not Catholic, I join those who are in mourning though I wish that the next Pope be another John XXIII.
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