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To: sinkspur

"Not everywhere. Not like there was for JPII."

Don't get revisionist. Not many outside of Poland were filled with unbridled enthusiasm for JPII when he first became Pope. The vast bulk of the response around the world was, "Karol Who?"

Qwinn


58 posted on 04/19/2005 4:59:59 PM PDT by Qwinn
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To: Qwinn
Not many outside of Poland were filled with unbridled enthusiasm for JPII when he first became Pope.

LOL, especially in The Kremlin.

62 posted on 04/19/2005 5:02:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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To: Qwinn
I was young then, but you know...I think you're right. Most people had no idea about him. I think they were just happy to have a pope, and hopeful he'd be around for a while, after such a brief reign.

And he sure did stay with us a while!

65 posted on 04/19/2005 5:03:23 PM PDT by B Knotts (Ioannes Paulus II, Requiescat in Pacem.)
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