“It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who commanded the three paths of religious learning, philosophical thought and poetical and artistic creativity.” WorldThreeReligiousLeaderCreativityPathSadnessPhilosophicalCatholicExtremesPassingPassingsArtisticHolinessPopeJohn PaulJohn Paul IiArtistic CreativityPope John Paul Author:Mohammad Khatami
“I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative job, and he submitted to that. And in that submission, he became a great leader. You could say that the only person who is safe to lead is the person who is free to submit.” ThinkingPersonsWantedJobsLeaderStudyPrayingSafeSubmitPopeSubmissionGreat LeaderThrustAdministrative Author:Richard J. Foster
“The best attitude to receive the Pope's teachings is to understand that he is a religious leader and the essence of his message comes from the Gospel, not from one ideology or another.And so, if our economic systems are not oriented toward the human person but only concerned with profits, he wants to confront the system and change it. This, by the way, is common to all the popes, it comes directly from the so-called social teachings of the church.” IfsWayWantHumansPersonsSocialChurchReligiousCommonAttitudeLeaderEconomicTeachingMessagesConcernedEssenceProfitIdeologyPopeEconomic SystemsBest AttitudeReligious Leaders Author:Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo
“We want to create, never mind the leaders or the bishops or chief rabbis or imams, or Popes. We want to create a grassroots movement where people will become attuned to uncompassionate discourse in the same way as we are now attuned to sort of gender imbalance in our speech.” PeopleWayWantMindLeaderMovementSpeechGenderChiefsPopeDiscourseBishopsImbalanceRabbiGrassrootsGrassroots Movements Author:Karen Armstrong
“The Pope was more critical of Christianity than Islam during his visit (to Bavaria). He said on several occasions that the secular world influenced by Christianity must face the idea that it may not be as attractive as it once was. The leaders of other faiths might also be well-advised to admonish their own now and then and not always direct their criticism at others.” WorldWellsMaySaidIdeasMightFacesLeaderChristianityDirectCriticismIslamCriticalOccasionsAttractiveNow And ThenSecularPopeAdmonish Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“I think Pope Francis is our Pope Francis. I mean, the point of him is that he's a global leader, and he's trying, I think he's embracing that role.” ThinkingTryingMeanLeaderRolesPope Author:Naomi Oreskes
“Father Jude Nnorom also criticized his church leaders, saying the simple lifestyle followed by Pope Francis should challenge African bishops to ask themselves.” ShouldAsksFatherChallengesChurchSimpleLeaderLifestylePopeSimple LifeBishopsChurch Leaders Author:Sylvia Poggioli
“In one sense what may pass between the pope and myself may be trivialities. In another sense the fact of talking trivialities is itself a portent of great significance. But the pleasantries which we exchange may, as one church leader said, be pleasantries about profundities.” MaySaidFactsChurchTalkingLeaderSignificancePopeProfundityTrivialityChurch LeadersPortentsPleasantries Author:Geoffrey Fisher
“Around the globe, millions more are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Pope John Paul II .Could any other world leader have drawn so many people to one place?” PeopleWorldLeaderMillionsCelebrateMourningGlobesPopeOther WorldsWorld LeaderJohn PaulJohn Paul IiPope John Paul Author:Chris Matthews
“The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.” Has BeensSpiritualForceVoiceLeaderMoralGrowingFiguresSaintPopeHistoricChorusJohn PaulSpiritual LeaderJohn Paul Ii Author:Chris Matthews