PrintApril 3, 2005
John Paul II and Terri Schiavo
A master of theatrical timing to the very end, it is worth noting that John Paul II II, 264th successor of St. Peter and Vicar of Christ, died two days after Terri Schiavo, a small and seemingly insignificant member of his enormous flock. There is no doubt John Paul II will go down in the history books as one of the finest of Popes. There has been for some time talk of him as only the third Pope to deserve the title 'Great,' after Leo I (
