' page 2 The Observer ♦ POPE JOHN PAUL II 1920-2005 Monday, April 4, 2005 “He traveled millions of miles “He was really important, not “[He] was a r and to every corner of the earth “I t ’s a huge loss fo r only to Catholics but to the shaper of worl to bring his personal message of the Church. ” whole world. I feel like I lost a one o f the m faith, hope and love to all of the part of my family ." figures in recer Emily Ledet world, not just Catholics. ” Walsh sophomore Cassie Belek Father Ed) Father Theodore Hesburgh Badin freshman Universit University President Emeritus John Paul II had global, human impact P ontiff reached out to millions, modernized than ever before. by 20th century theologian Karl of the iron curtain, Matovina said. Church teaching, Pope John Paul By EILEEN DUFFY In the face of such challenges, Rahner to characterize Pope John “Not many people have the II was quite different from his In Focus Writer Appleby said, “his presence, his Paul IPs papacy. moral gravity to be part of that predecessors. Pope Paul VI, visibility, his charisma ... assured “Rahner said that following counter-force,” Matovina said. Appleby said, was “unpopular” In contrast to his immediate that the Church and particularly Vatican II, we’re moving from While the pope was not effective and “retreated” from the public predecessor Pope John Paul I, the pope would be at the center of being a Western European church in ending communism in Cuba near the end of his life. In con­ who served for only 33 days attention.” to a truly world church,” today, his visit nonetheless meant trast, Pope John Paul II “provided before dying, Pope John Paul II “He brilliantly brought the Matovina said. "... [Blecome a a great deal to Catholics in Cuba, answers at a time when there served for 27 years, the third- Church to the media and global world church, that’s happened in whose w o rsh ip had been so were a lot of questions,” longest papacy in history. age,” Appleby said. Pope John Paul IPs papacy.” restricted by the 40 previous Cummings said. He entered the papacy during a Pope John Paul II made 104 Matovina offered the diversity of years of communism, Matovina For example, Cummings said time of world tumult. While the trips outside Italy and more than bishops as evidence of the global­ said. Cummings called John Paul many thought the Church’s stance Church was bouncing in the wake 150 within Italy during his papa­ ization of the church. While IPs ecumenical work with Jews on birth control and female ordi­ of Vatican II, an iron curtain was cy. He visited every continent, European bishops used to travel one of the highlights of his papa­ nation was going to change with cloaking parts of the world. Later, except Antarctica. to places like Africa, South cy. Vatican II — it did not. The time lightning-fast progress would According to the Chicago America and Asia, more and “His moral voice was heard following that was a period of strike, sparking a storm of Tribune, the pontiff’s penchant for more bishops native to these con­ throughout the globe,” Matovina “tumult and change,” she said. changes. world travel stemmed from his tinents are emerging. said. “ But [Pope John Paul II] was not The pope was never afraid. He first trip abroad as pope, when he The pope did not hesitate to Humanity apologetic,” she said. “He defined seized the new opportunity that visited Mexico in 1979. One of his enter countries that, due to com­ The pope should be remem­ these things as central to Catholic air travel presented, eventually first stops there was the Basilica munism, outlawed the very reli­ bered for his humanity, Matovina teaching.” becoming the most-traveled pope of Our Lady of Guadalupe, where gion he represented. He visited said. Law professor Vincent Rougeau in history. He visited places where he spent more than an hour pray­ Poland twice when it was under Appleby agreed, noting that also highlighted the pope’s rigid he was unwelcome or his mes­ ing alone. martial law, once in 1979 and “[t]he Church often emphasizes adherence to Catholic teaching. sage was rejected. And he always “It was while praying to then again in 1983. He also made the divinity of Christ,” but that “He was a very traditional pope kissed the ground of those places Guadalupe, the pope later said, a trip to West Germany in 1987, Pope John Paul II said what we for people who thought that there when he deplaned, a tribute to that he had an epiphany,” the two years before the end of com­ learn from Christ is to be human. might be more conversation the humanity of Jesus Christ. Tribune article said, “suddenly munism, and to Cuba in 1998. “His gestures — hugging chil­ about the role of women ... he John Paul II always defended understanding that it was his mis­ During these visits, as always, dren, kissing the ground after get­ shut that conversation down,” he human rights, especially in the sion to become the pilgrim pope, the pope stressed religious free­ ting off a plane — are all signs of said. face of communism. He also bringing the word of God to peo­ dom, Appleby said. his presence in humanity,” he While he defended male-only defended the Church’s post- ple around the world.” “ He was a great champion of said. ordination and urged women to Vatican II stances, despite their Indeed, the pope did not limit freedom — the freedom to fulfill “ On the one hand he empha­ seek out roles as mothers and unpopularity in radical or liberal his travel to any one area of the your destiny as a human being, to sized aspects of the Church that wives, Cummings said, John Paul parts of the world. world, although he personally vis­ fu lfill your destiny in God, to be are hierarchical, patriarchal,” II also decided to classify sexism The changing world was not a ited almost all of Rome’s 334 fully in touch with the spirit of Cummings said. “But he also as a sin. problem for Pope John Paul II. parishes. love and forgiveness,” Appleby made the papacy seem more Integrity in death Even Vatican City now has its own Born and raised in Poland, he said. human with his willingness to “People may disagree with him, Web site. “really embraced that relation He was always concerned with embrace and be embraced.” but there’s no doubt he was a Global reach with Poland and Eastern Europe,” human rights, which he called And just as his arms were open faithful and holy man,” Cummings Pope John Paul II became the said Kathleen Cummings, associ­ “non-negotiable, inviolable, not for an embrace, his mouth was said of the reaction to John Paul leader of an ancient establish­ ate director of the Cushwa Center something that’s transitory,” open about the pain he endured II’s death. ment on the “threshold of the and professor of history. Appleby said. near the end of his life. “We’re seeing various world globalized media world,” said his­ John Paul II was also “tremen­ Some of these governments “On his trip to Lourdes [in leaders complement the pope [fol­ tory professor and director of the dously beloved in Latin America,” were profoundly changed follow­ August of 2004], he talked about lowing his death],” Matovina said, Kroc Institute for International said Timothy Matovina, director ing these visits. One month after suffering,” Cummings said. “He “and that’s unprecedented. Not Peace Studies R. Scott Appleby. of the Cushwa Center, for his the pope’s second visit to Poland, shared his suffering with the everyone agrees with him, but With air travel reaching new “commitment to justice, consider­ the current leader there, Gen. world.” people admire his integrity.” possibilities and the arrival of the ing these countries struggle with Wojciech Jaruzelski, ended mar­ Leading the post Vatican II Internet, the papal office had poverty.” tial law. The pope was also “one Church Contact Eileen Duffy at more globalization opportunities Matovina referred to an article of the primary causes” of the fall When it came to defending [email protected] May 18, 1920 Pope John Paul I I was bora Karol Joseph W o jty k in Wadowice, The Life of Po{ Poland, to his father, Karol, a foundry worker, 1954 and mother, Emilia, a school teacher. His mother October 16, 1978 W o jty k became a professor o f theology at died when he was 9 years old. At 58, W ojtyk is eh Catholic University in Lubin, Poland. the 264th pope, the ft Poknd and the first n November 1, 1946 1964 pope in 455 years. Woftyla is ordained W ojtyk is installed as as a priest. bishop o f Krakow. A 1920June 1938 1958 1979 Wojtyk enrolled at Jagidlonian W o jty k is consecrated as John Pa Unhnersityin Krakow, Poland and I aratiliary bishop o f Krakow. States, v attended an underground made th seminary in 194% U he 1948 1967 Wojtyk graduated mmma W ojryia is elevated cum laude from Angelkum Pontifical University j» Rt " 2 5 - / ^ \ T H E O b s e r v e r The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 39 : ISSUE 116 MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Notre Dame remembers Pope John Paul II Community mourns, Pontiff impacted celebrates life of Catholic universities , Church leader ND presidents By MADDIE HANNA By MADDIE HANNA Associate News Editor Associate News Editor When Pope John Paul II passed Although Pope John Paul II away Saturday afternoon, the never stepped foot on God Basilica bells tolled for an hour, Quad or worshiped in the alerting the campus of his death Basilica of the Sacred Heart, and immediately drawing mourn­ a number of indirect yet sig­ ers to the Grotto.