MARK STEYN AGAIN!

Mr. Steyn's column in the Daily Telegraph, "Why progressive Westerners never understood John Paul II," is an insightful analysis of why our progrssive culture was not receptive to the Pope's very clear stands. An interesting read.

Another comment: you would think the progressives would like John Paul II and his stand against the Iraq War, but I have not heard much about this. My guess is he felt this way because 1) he was an important religious leader and probably felt that wars could only be supported when they were very clearly required (yes, I admit people can feel differently about the necessity of the Iraq War) and 2) he must have felt some risk of a misunderstanding with he being a leader of the Catholic churdh and this war being waged against Muslims.

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