[Desdemona]

Look up a piece called “The American Pope”. There's also a piece, if you go back far enough here on FR, that's something like the Two Faces of Cardinal Bernardin. The long and short of it is, he had more influence than JPII. If you look at the history of JPII’s papacy, the major moves either back to center or to the “right” happened after Bernardin died. Bernardin was the author of the “seamless garment” ideas. And he was slick, too. Once you learn more about Bernardin, some of zero's comments in that commencement address take on a whole new meaning.

[bdeaner]

Thanks. I will check out those articles, and if I find them, I will link them here for others who are interested.