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It strikes me as so odd that Pope John Paul II has passed away. I of course am of the generation that has only known him as a pope, and so to think of him as dead is almost unimaginable. I thought I would feel a lot more sorrow today, as I really did love him as pope. I'm not the most Catholic of Catholics: I don't go to church, I don't pray often enough, I swear, cuss and am, in many respects, a very selfish human being. And, in point of fact, I disagreed with almost all of the pope's views. But that doesn't matter whatsoever, as I don't think it should ever matter. The pope loved everyone: kids, elderly, sick, everyone. People of all other religions and races and walks of life. He was forgiving, intelligent and brave and I'm of the sentiment that he truly was one of the greatest popes. And the thing is that he did so much with the time that was given to him that I can't feel that as sad that he died; he's just getting the rest that he very much deserved.

But all in all, it still makes me somewhat sad that we are now - earthly, anyways - without him.