I’m not Catholic, nor am I religious at all. My respect for the man who became http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/ Pope John Paul II is due to his efforts towards world peace and (possibly) the downfall of the Soviet Union.
Many others have given tribute – if for some reason you can’t find them, use http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&safe=off&c2coff=1&client=pub-6616424773924529&cof=FORID%3A1%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fjonathanmurray.com%2Flogos%2Fbglogo-black.jpg%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A500%3BGL%3A1%3BBGC%3A111111%3BT%3A%23eeeeee%3BLC%3A%23cc0000%3BVLC%3A%23ffffff%3BALC%3A%23cc0000%3BGALT%3A%23CC0000%3BGFNT%3A%23aaaaaa%3BGIMP%3A%23aaaaaa%3BDIV%3A%23808080%3BLBGC%3A000000%3BAH%3Acenter%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fjonathanmurray.com%3B&domains=jonathanmurray.com&q=Pope+John+Paul+II+dies&btnG=Search&sitesearch= Google. I was going to link to some of them, but that seems rather pointless, there are so many.
Let’s hope the Romans can find someone big enough to fill his shoes.
Very nice comment about The Pope. He will be missed.