I knew it, I knew it, I knew it...(hat tip to Domenico Bettinelli) ... John Paul secretly escaped the Vatican more than 100 times!. I loved this man. In so many ways he seemed to be spiritual father to me. I have gone to his apostolic exhortations (especially Familiaris Consortio) more than once for guidance. The picture shows how I remember him - especially when I saw him in 1979 on the Boston Common. It's somehow strange that my kids don't remember him like this. When they see a video clip of him as a young pope, they are amazed it is the same man. I don't think of him ravaged by Parkinson's disease. I always picture him like this.
May his soul (and the souls of all the faithful departed) rest in peace. Amen.
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