A picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes an old magazine cover is worth 10,000. Click images for larger versions, from Time’s website: October 30, 1978: June 18, 1979: May 25, 1981: January 9, 1984: February 24, 1992: December 26,…

Good night, sweet prince [of the church],
And may flights of angels
sing thee to thy rest

(William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V).

(Hat tip to Michelle Malkin for the photo, to William Shakespeare for the quote, and to Karol Wojtyla and Poland fo

Many, many good retrospectives and obituaries have been put up around the blogosphere about Pope John Paul II. I won’t try to reiterate them; check out the roundups at Michelle Malkin and Hugh Hewitt for a good sampling. (While I…

There are a number of good tributes to Pope John Paul II online:

Good Tributes:
Fox News
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Tribune

Just Plain Bad Taste:
Houston Chronicle
The Nutballs On Democratic Underground
New York Times (Hat tip to Power Line for

People around the world are reacting to and pondering the death and life of Po…

A picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes an old magazine cover is worth 10,000. Click images for larger versions, from Time’s website: October 30, 1978: June 18, 1979: May 25, 1981: January 9, 1984: February 24, 1992: December 26,…

Pope John Paul II, leader of the Catholic Church and one of the world’s great all-time leaders, has died in his apartment in Vatican City.The Pontiff’s health has been failing for quite sometime, as he has battled Parkinson’s Disease and…

How does one go about remembering a man such as this?Where should I start?  How could I hope to do him justice?He broke barriers, tore down walls, built bridges and tended the least of us.  I will not mourn his passing, because death comes to us allin tim

Pope John Paul II, Karol Joseph Wojtyla, has passed from this life and embarks on his journey to God. He was a good an Holy man. The Holy Father’s final hours were marked by the uninterrupted prayer of all those who were assisting him in his pious de…

“Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, therefore no harm can befall you; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence.”

In the late 1970’s, my family were big fans of Star Wars. I clearly remember a news magazine cover with a cobalt blue Tatooine sky as the backdrop for C3-P0 and R2-D2. After Pope John Paul’s brief tenure, it was…

In the late 1970’s, my family were big fans of Star Wars. I clearly remember a news magazine cover with a cobalt blue Tatooine sky as the backdrop for C3-P0 and R2-D2. After Pope John Paul’s brief tenure, it was…

Glenn Reynolds, and Ed Morrissey have some thoughts and links, and the Weekly Standard currently has four articles about him on their homepage. RIP. Update: Michelle Malkin has lots of links as well….

In te, Domine, speravi

Pope John Paul II did not know what was waiting for him on the other side, but he knew that Christ suffered for us, and the Pope knew that through his own suffering we could learn from him how to be closer to God. The Gates of Heaven are now open wid…