Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II. You can hardly find any commentary at any Catholic blog/outlet. I find it odd.
I remember being exhausted at his long declining health, amid the exposure of the infestation of sodomite rapist priests in 2002 and subsequent aftermath. Which of course we were still being lied to, and told even by “conservative” pastors how the media had really blown everything out of proportion. In reality, we didn’t know the half of it. Thank you, Randy Engel.
We didn’t know a lot of things in 2005, did we? And the troubles we did know of, we thought for sure when Ratzinger was elected a couple weeks later, he would fix them.
That was a long time ago.
Of course some of the 58 Sede Cult regard PJP2 as a false pope and a heretic.
This man suffered for years and was in absolute pain for Jesus. Unlike Francis, he always kneeled. And I’ll submit few people would be as brave as he was, especially certain big talking Catholic bloggers.
Not a perfect pope, but a good pope. And his suffering was an example that has few rivals.
If Wotjla is a saint, is the Mohammedan book he kissed a relic?
Great point!
If a Saint wiped his nose, is the tissue a relic?
You have to understand what heresy is, what relics are. But we live in cartoon land.
Relics are items used by the Saints.
Used by the saints.
Used. By. The saints.
The older I get the more I realize how stupid even the so called Trad and Sede catholic divisons are.
There is no doubt he suffered, and he knew how to use suffering as a tool.
Yes. I pray that the intense suffering he went through at the end was his purgatory on earth. He made many, many mistakes worthy of the fires of hell, but I pray that instead, he was or is in purgatory so he’ll make it.
James, your Church says he’s a Saint, so he cannot be in purgatory. He never publicly recanted of his heresies. Only a new religion can claim he’s in purgatory.
Kono, he was “Canonized” by an antipope. I think we three all agree on that. I too hope he earned the Beatific Vision, but if he did, he’s probably burning off the bad stuff for some time to come.
Here’s a list of his ‘Top 101’ heresies:
http://www.calefactory.org/misc-v2-heresiesofjp2.htm
We are sinners and have a lot to answer for, though by regarding – and promoting – that man as ‘a man of God’s is, thankfully, not one that I will have to provide account of.
Mark: please learn the correct terms.
• False pope is a false pope;
• Anti-pope is a false pope WHEN there is at the same time and authentic pope.
Wotylya (whatever the spelling) is a false pope; there was no authentic claimant to the See of Peter at that time, nor 20 years before-hand, nor since.
Miss Bernhardt, if you are perusing, likewise, please adopt the correct terminology: Bergoglio the Terrible is not an ANTIi-pope; he is simply a FALSE pope (as was that great vandal of the Robber Council, the suit & tie-wearing pin-up boy if the Modernists, Fr. Ratzinger.)