The Holy Father, in my view, would not want us to grieve - he is going to God, to Christ, and Our Lady. He was a man of humour and warmth as well as love and piety - Sky News related a story in which a group of children was taken to meet the Holy Father. Seeing that the children were nervous, apparently the Holy Father told them, "Now don't be nervous, think of yourselves as being in your father's house." The children visibly relaxed after these words. Then the Holy Father added with a smile, "But don't wipe your noses on the walls like you might at home."
Regards, Ivan
Pope John Paul II
The most tireless moral voice of a secular age, he reminded humankind of the worth of individuals in the modern world
By WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.
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I am catholic and I am not offended by this.