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To: Iowegian
The pope acknowledges God's truth wherever it manifests itself. Whereas you would rather bitch that ALL of His truth is not present.

The evangelist first connects with the person, and THEN proclaims Christ.

BTW, if you ACTUALLY read his full remarks, you would KNOW that he ALWAYS preaches Christ.

As mentioned earlier, you fall for the liberal media spin that always pulls out partial quotes and never the full text.

You should pray when you have your particular judgment that you won't be quoted out of context and spun.

31 posted on 03/25/2003 8:34:51 PM PST by Notwithstanding (Airborne Vet)
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To: Notwithstanding
As mentioned earlier, you fall for the liberal media spin that always pulls out partial quotes and never the full text.

On the contrary, I get this from the full text of the gobbledeeguck that you posted.

37 posted on 03/25/2003 8:41:47 PM PST by Iowegian
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To: Notwithstanding
he [the pope] always preaches Christ

From Commentary, The Record (Louisville archdiocesan paper), May 25, 2000 page A-4

The Vatican's linking of the third secret of Fatima with the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II has added an even more personal dimension to the pope's lifelong dedication to the Virgin Mary. As a young, boy, Karol Wojtyla, whose own mother died when he was 9, would pray daily to Mary in his parish church. As a teen-ager he dedicated his life to her during a visit to the Marian shrine at Jasna Gora in central Poland. As a theologian, he wrote about Mary as a mother figure who could unite all people. As a bishop, he chose as his motto, "Totus tuus sum Maria," Latin for "I am completely yours, Mary." When elected pope in 1978, he spoke of Mary in his first speech, saying he had accepted the office of the papacy in a spirit of humility to Christ and in "complete trust in his most holy mother, the Madonna." As pope, he dedicated the world to Mary during a specially proclaimed Marian year, traveled to Marian shrines around the globe, and wrote an encyclical exalting Mary's place in the church. He began leading the rosary on the first Saturday of each month at the Vatican. After he was shot and seriously wounded May 13, 1981 - the feast of Our Lady of Fatima - he thanked Mary for having guided the bullet and saved his life.

86 posted on 03/26/2003 2:31:49 AM PST by razorbak
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