George Weigel of the Ethics and Public Policy Center has a wonderful Op/Ed on Pope John Paul II in today's Washington Post. If you haven't read much of Weigel's writings, this is a good place to start. Here's a sample:
The world has missed a lot of Karol Wojtyla's story in his 26 years as pope, because the world tries to understand him in political terms, as another power player on the global stage. There's no doubt that John Paul II has been the most politically influential pope in centuries. But that is not who he is, or what he's about, at his deepest level. His two recent hospitalizations and his unembarrassed struggle to live out the commitment to service that he made at his election in 1978 should remind everyone that this man is, first and foremost, a Christian pastor who is going to challenge us with the message of the cross -- the message of Good Friday and Easter -- until the end.
Great stuff.
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