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Twelve years and nine months ago, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, a devout Catholic and one of the most successful liberal governors of the twentieth century, was refused a speaking slot at the 1992 Democratic convention because of his anti-choice views—or so the story goes. Ergo: national...
...pleasure to learn that Protestant faiths are changing their mind about the Virgin Mary. She is, indeed, the Mother of God. Though Mary is honored by God, she is not a goddess, and Roman Catholicism, to which I belong, does not worship Mary as a divine person. Catholics revere Mary the same as they love an elder, affectionate and powerful sister, and that is enough to give them happiness. Jacques Euzeby Marcy l'Etoile, France It was wonderful to see Mary on TIME's cover. She is humanity's greatest friend and intercessor but never takes or shares the place...
And thus I struggled to reconcile those “outdated” ideas with the Pope’s more progressive leanings. After all, this Pope traveled to more than 120 countries, by far the most of any Pontiff. This was the Pope who shifted the center of gravity...
Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies at the Harvard Divinity School Francis S. Fiorenza said John Paul II will most be remembered for being a ubiquitous figure in the public sphere.
Since he assumed the papacy in 1978, John Paul II visited over 125 different countries, reflecting the growing diversity of the Catholic Church.