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Pope Gunman Grief-Stricken Over John Paul's Death
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| 4/3/05
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Posted on 04/03/2005 3:47:50 PM PDT by wagglebee
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Many have hailed the Pope's reconciliation with Agca as an example of the Christian principle of forgiveness. The Pope proved to the world that God's love transcends everything.
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posted on
04/03/2005 3:47:51 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
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posted on
04/03/2005 3:50:22 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: kingattax
He's a better man than I am.
God rest him.
To: kingattax
I'd forgotten the picture. The Pope met with Agca OUTSIDE the protection of the cell bars.
You know he saved a Jew from the Nazi Holocaust too. He carried himself through life with the confidence of someone who was truly fearless.
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posted on
04/03/2005 3:56:11 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Mad Mammoth
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:00:39 PM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: Lil'freeper
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:03:01 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
To: wagglebee
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Praise GOD that...
LOVE is the Only Reality and that...
GOD is LOVE..?
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:03:16 PM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: wagglebee
I fear we'll never see the likes of this man again.
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:05:34 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
("Courage is being scared to death -- and saddling up anyway." - John Wayne)
To: wagglebee
I listened to an Ali Agca interview shortly after the Pope forgave him and I saw no contrition, on the contrary he sounded defiant and phony.
Maybe since '83 he has really changed, but back in '83 he was not a repented man.
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:08:10 PM PDT
by
mjtobias
(Our love for Terri was immense; her parents' love was infinite; God's love is everlasting.)
To: mjtobias
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:09:38 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: wagglebee
To: wagglebee
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:35:18 PM PDT
by
clyde asbury
(My heaven will be a big heaven, and I will walk through the front door.)
To: wagglebee
The fact that he met with Agca's mother and brother six times is amazing. He truly did care about them and his forgiveness was for real. It is often the case that the more you learn about the details of great historical figures, you lose some respect, the shine dulls. But the more I learn about the Pope, the more I admire him.
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posted on
04/03/2005 4:41:43 PM PDT
by
ValenB4
(Pope John Paul II, I love you and will miss you! God bless you!)
To: ValenB4
Perhaps this great example could help some of the people screaming death threats against Michael Schaivo to understand a more Christian way to respond?
Nah. Keep hate alive!
John Paul II was an utterly fearless man and I think it will be very hard to find anyone as firmly grounded in the true Christian way.
To: mjtobias
I listened to an Ali Agca interview shortly after the Pope forgave him and I saw no contrition, on the contrary he sounded defiant and phony. Which made forgiving him all the harder.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:03:34 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: KateatRFM
That is so bizarre a comment it screams. Michael Schiavo is not being punished for his crimes (yet), Why would you need forgiving if you had done nothing to be forgiven for? This is not rocket science.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:10:59 PM PDT
by
samantha
(relax the grownups are in charge(I think))
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Wonderful man, eh Ronnie? What a wonderful example.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:11:14 PM PDT
by
abigail2
('The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it.' George Bush Inaugural Speech '05)
To: KateatRFM
Seems that many on FR have ignored the Pope's greatness to carry on their own hateful attacks on Michael Schaivo, even on this day of honoring the Pope.
No lessons learned.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:14:45 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
( MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH .......AWE INSPIRING)
To: abigail2
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Pope JOHN PAUL II fully understood that LOVE was the Only Reality and we humans were made of it, by It.
Be not afraid,
Have no Fear,
Go LOVE = JOHN PAUL II's Message
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:27:10 PM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: KateatRFM
To receive forgiveness, one must understand they did wrong and seek it from those he hurt. Funny, Big Mike doesn't strike me as too contrite as he looks for book and movie deals.
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