Achievement of Pope John Paul II - George Weigel (CD)

Achievement of Pope John Paul II

George Weigel (CD)

In a remarkable speech given in January of 2005 in Lafayette, Louisiana, internationally known scholar and writer – and friend of Pope John Paul II – George Weigel eloquently lists and elaborates upon 10 enduring accomplishments of the Polish Pope:

1. The Way Pope John Paul II recast the Papacy itself

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2. Pope John Paul II as faithful custodian of the legacy of Vatican Council II

3. How Pope John Paul II was instrumental in the collapse of European Communism

4. Pope John Paul II's insistance that only a virtuous people can govern themselves

5. John Paul's Ecumenism based on truth

6. Pope John Paul II as initiator of a deeper Jewish-Catholic dialogue 

7. Initiated dialogue with the other great world religions, and with science

8. Pope John Paul II's new vision of man and woman in his remarkable Theology of the Body

9. His gift to the Church of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the first general Catechism since the 16th century! 

10. The way Pope John Paul II personally inspired hundreds of millions of people around the world, both Catholic and non-Catholic

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