"The Pope, the President and America's Legacy"

Nice editorial from National Catholic Register, Jun. 8, at Catholic.net:

It was an unexpected gesture. And like so much of what Pope John Paul II does, it looks prophetic in hindsight.

“I send my regards to President Reagan and to Mrs. Reagan, who is so attentive to him in his illness,” the Pope said to President Bush on June 4 — the day before President Ronald Reagan died.

It was a touching, personal remark that seemed to come out of nowhere — the Pope sent no greetings to other American figures. But it made sense, the elderly Holy Father saluting the elderly former president 20 years after the two had known each other in the exuberance of their new roles as leaders of the world....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 06/10/04 07:35:11 PM
Categorized as Farewell to the Great Liberator & Pope John Paul the Great & Ronald Reagan.