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I hate you guys.
John Paul II did have an effect on the Polish people, and supported the influential Trade Unions that were another factor in Communism's downfall, but his position stopped holding secular powers centuries before he ascended to it.
Luza, don't worry too much. The newbie hating only lasts a couple of years.
Can't really argue with that. In all honest I'm indifferent to the whole pope thing. I just don't see it as a big deal like the media who seem to be having a field-day. It's almost as big as that time David Beckham coughed.
You also clearly don't even have a very basic idea of what he's done. No Pope has done more to bring the Catholic Church outside the Vatican's walls. I'm not a Catholic, I'm largely indifferent to what he’s done; but travel and 'spreading the word'; will be one of the major lasting legacies of his reign. For a huge proportion of the World he was a figurehead; whether they agreed with his Conservative leanings or not, a lot will fell his passing deeply.
I'm not religious; I can't imagine the passion that this man/position stirs in people, but I'm not arrogant enough to belittle their emotions by posting that sort of childish, 'I'm-so-god-darned-controversial' nonsense.