[Notwithstanding]

To all of you who are not Catholic but have posted such kind words: God bless you and thank you for your charity toward my pastor, John Paul.

[MinuteGal]

I think that when one of the most important of Cardinals makes this statement the end is truly very close.

I'll never forget this Pope's contribution to the freedom of Poland and other communist slave-nations.

He's being a fighter to the end. I'm Missouri Synod Lutheran and we've always held the Pope in deepest admiration and respect.

God bless Pope John Paul. I hope he receives the Nobel Prize to cap the achievements of his productive and conscientious life.

Leni

[ohioWfan]

He is a fine pastor, and a Godly man.

I am praying for him right now. May God comfort, sustain, and bless him.

[Brian Allen]

Thank you for your kindness and generosity.

His Holiness, John-Paul II, is surely -- with such great men as President Reagan and Lech Walesa with both of whom he stood with great courage and in unwavering strength against the evil Soviet Empire, which the three of them effectively brought to its knees -- one of the modern era's absolutely most important men.

And such a wonderfully good humored and beautiful man, at that -- and a loving and beloved pastor. Every member of my "home" [From home] clergy and congregation of Saint Andrews Anglican Cathedral, Singapore, prays for him at every service -- and thanks God for him.

May God continue to bless him and, when it is time, see him safely home -- and see to his rest -- and love and care for him for ever.

[Aquinasfan]

To all of you who are not Catholic but have posted such kind words: God bless you and thank you for your charity toward my pastor, John Paul.

Seconded.

[Redleg Duke]

As a Lutheran, I respect the man who has shouldered a heavy burden during through a period where eras changed. He was a partisian fighter against the Nazi occupiers who watched his country enslaved, endured and finally break the chains of the Communist tyrany. He has also had to endure the deterioration of societal morals throughout Christendom and the rise of another Islamic Jihad...aided and abetted by "Christian Intellectuals".

His burdens have been fearsom and he has maintained his faith. While I may not agree with some of his positions, I respect his courage and fortitude.

I remember Pope John 23d fondly, but John Paul 2d I will remember with respect.

[katana]

We may not be have an allegiance to Rome, but we are Christians and most of can recognize a good man when we see one. Frankly, I have no patience for people who dwell on our disagreements, real and serious as they may be, instead of the greater part that we share with our Roman Catholic (and Orthodox) brethren.