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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He seems to have been the kindest most beloved pope of my lifetime.  May he rest in peace.[/quote]

May he rest in peace with a heavenly reward, but this is a bit much unless you are too young to remember how beloved JPII was.

I’m mildly surprised at just how quiet the Catholic circles I run in are today.   One person circulated a news link with crickets in response. Admittedly, I run in more observant Catholic circles where even Pope Francis stated he didn’t quite feel the love. But even my dear abuela who still attends daily Mass and others who are less hard line are also strangely quiet today. This is nothing like JPII or even Ratzinger stepping down.

I always thought it said something that there seemed to be two generations worth of countless devout Catholic families with at least one son named JP or John Paul or (my favorite) JuanPi in the English/Spanish speaking world clearly inspired to honor JPII but “Francis” never did quite take off either in the English or Spanish speaking world. [/quote]

[b]The majority of Catholic families I knew growing up had a framed picture of Pope John Paul II on their wall. [/b]

I'm Catholic and I liked Pope Francis very much. I'm curious to see who will follow.[/quote]

That’s a good example. True in my extended family, too.

I noticed it at my kids’ schools. 4 different Catholic schools during the Francis pontificate. All of course displayed a picture of PF in their atrium. But 3 of the principals and countless teachers kept framed pictures of JPII up in their offices/desks. Never saw a PF picture in the school other than the main one in the atrium. [/quote]
Same. PF was never “a man of the people” the way Pope John Paul II was.[/quote]

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