Reply #174: Pope John Paul II rocked and I say that as a non-Catholic

[RFKHumphreyObama]

Yes, I disagreed with him on some issues and disliked the way he appointed hardliners to the Church hierarchy. But he was also very progressive in many areas -his willingness to wholeheartedly embrace interfaith initiatives, his condemnation of the second Iraq War and his outspoken and consistent opposition to racism. Heck, he even apologized to Australia's indigenous people for the Church's role in the Stolen Generation before the Australian's government apologized for their own role in the event. I miss him