At St. Ignatius Church in Tokyo, worshippers recalled how moved they were when the pope, during a 1981 trip to Hiroshima, urged the world to remember the destructive impact of the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city.
"He put his all into working for peace," said church volunteer Kazuko Matsuda, 61. "When he spoke against war in Iraq, he thought of the people, of the children, who would be the victims of the air raids."
The Dalai Lama described the pope as a great spiritual leader in a message of condolence issued by his office in exile in the Himalayan resort town of Dharmsala in north India.
(AP)
Sunday, April 03, 2005
World Remembers Pope As Man of Peace
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Our late Pope St. John the second was truly a peaceful and loving person who also emitted a great sense of knowledge and understanding about people ,he will be solely missed and I hope the next Pope will follow in his foot steps. T.A.
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