Pope John Paul II, a colossus of the Catholic church, died on April 2nd, aged 84

LONG before he died, the world was counting down the last days of Pope John Paul II. Each month he grew frailer, shrivelling inside the carapace of his white robes, his limbs trembling more violently, his ceremonial cross apparently all that kept him standing. Yet that, he believed, was the point...


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