Yeah, I was really shocked when Pope John thanked Mary for saving him when the assassination attempt failed. He should have been thanking God almighty for saving him, not Mary. Cheez.
But I wonder who many of you would go out of your way to spend time with a man who shot you so that you needed a colostomy and then tell the world that he had not only your pardon but your trust?
Have you read, say, Veritatis Splendor? In not then you really have no idea how this man thought. There have been some jerky Popes. J2P2 was not perfect, but he was no jerk.