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      The
      Legacy
      of
      Pope
      John
      Paul
      II
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nick
      Stewart
     
     
      News
      Editor
     
    

    
     
      On
      Saturday,
      while
      thousands
     
     
      of
      people
      gathered
      in
      St.
      Peter’s
      Square
     
     
      to
      pray
      for
      him,
      Pope
      John
      Paul
      II
      died
     
     
      froma
      long
      list
      ofhealth
      problems.
      John
     
     
      Paul
      II
      was
      a
      papal
      leader
      who
      will
      be
     
     
      remembered
      in
      the
      history
      books.
      Born
     
     
      and
      raised
      in
      Poland,
      he
      was
      the
      first
     
     
      non-Italian
      pope
      in
      over
      450
      years.
      He
     
     
      is
      the
      longest-serving
      pope
      in
      recent
     
     
      history.
      He
      also
      was
      the
      center
      of
     
     
      plenty
      of
      controversy.
      His
      stands
      on
     
     
      abortion,
      birth
      control
      and
      same-sex
     
     
      marriage
      have
      earned
      him
      the
      label
      of
     
     
      _
      anultra-conservative
      from
      his
      critics.
     
     
      His
      response
      to
      the
      sex
      scandal
     
     
      involving
      several
      American
      priests
      was
     
     
      considered
      too
      weak
      by
      some.
      But
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      despite
      the
      harsh
      rhetoric
      from
      his-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      critics,
      I
      would
      argue
      that
      John
      Paul
      II
     
     
      contributed
      very
      much
      to
      the
      good
      of
     
     
      human-kind,
      a
      quality
      rarely
      found.
     
    

    
     
      .
      ~‘Ke-find
      the
      true
      significance
      his
     
     
      papacy
      to
      the
      entire
      global
      population,
     
     
      we
      must
      look
      at
      not
      at
      his
      dealings
     
     
      within
      the
      Catholic
      Church,
      but
      at
      his
     
     
      work
      with
      mankind
      in
      general.
     
    

    
     
      Upon
      becoming
      Pope
      John
     
     
      Paul
      II
      in
      1978,
      he
      devoted
      many
      of
     
     
      his
      efforts
      to
      freeing
      his
      fellow
      Polish
     
     
      citizens
      from
      the
      grip
      of
      Communism.
     
     
      Polish
      Solidarity
      leader
      Lech
      Walesa
     
     
      said
      it
      was
      the
      moral
      values
      that
      the
     
     
      Pope
      brought
      back
      to
      Poland
      that
     
     
      defeated
      the
      Communist
      system.
      He
     
     
      visited
      Poland
      several
      times
      during
      the
     
     
      last
      decade
      of
      Communist
      rule,
      each
     
    
   
   
    
     
      time
      providing
      inspiration
      for
      the
      citizens
     
     
      seeking
      change.
      In
      1989,
      the
      Polish
     
     
      Communists
      fell,
      and
      Communist
     
     
      regimes
      fell
      like
      dominos
      throughout
     
     
      Eastern
      Europe
      following
      the
      initial
     
     
      success
      in
      Poland.
     
    

    
     
      Pope
      John
      Paul
      II
      also
     
     
      emerged
      as
      a
      symbol
      of
      reconciliation
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _between
      peoples
      of
      different
      religious
     
    
   
   
    
     
      faiths.
      He
      sought
      to
      bring
      together
     
     
      Christians,
      Jews
      and
      Muslims,
      as
     
     
      violent
      conflicts
      centered
      on
      religious
     
     
      differences
      continue
      to
      threaten
     
     
      mankind.
      He
      visited
      Holocaust
     
     
      memorials
      in
      Israel,
      apologizing
      for
      the
     
     
      Catholic
      Church’s
      indifference
      to
      the
     
     
      suffering
      of
      the
      Jewish
      people
      during
     
     
      the
      Holocaust.
      Amongst
      Christians
      he
     
     
      sought
      reconciliation
      between
      the
     
     
      divisions
      of
      Christianity.
      He
      became
     
     
      the
      first
      pope
      to
      visit
      with
      the
      Arch-
     
     
      Bishop
      of
      Canterbury
      since
      the
     
     
      Reformation.
     
    

    
     
      His
      ability
      to
      forgive
      is
     
     
      highlighted
      by
      his
      visit
      to
      a
      Turkish
     
    
   
   
    
     
      extremist
      who
      shot
      him
      in
      a
      failed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      assassination
      attempt
      in
      1981.
      Pope
     
     
      John
      Paul
      forgave
      this
      man
      who
      almost
     
     
      fatally
      shot
      him.
      This
      spirit
      of
     
     
      forgiveness
      and
      reconciliation
      is
      special.
     
     
      Such
      a
      spirit
      inline
      with
      the
      best
     
     
      principles
      of
      human-kind
      is
      desperately
     
     
      needed
      in
      a
      world
      plagued
      by
     
     
      differences
      that
      are
      too
      often
      solved
      by
     
     
      hostile
      and
      violent
      means.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      News
      SHORTS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wick
      Stewart
     
     
      News
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SU
      Election
      Results
      Ratified
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Despite
      an
      attempt
      by
      defeated
      Executive
      VP
      candidate
      Brad
      Deighan
      to
      force
     
     
      are-vote
      of
      the
      Executive
      VP
      position,
      Student
      Council
      voted
      to
      ratify
      the
      results
     
     
      of
      last
      month’s
      student
      union
      elections.
      The
      Student
      Union
      also
      strongly
     
     
      recommended
      that
      problems
      with
      electronic
      voting
      be
      explored,
      but
      there
      was
     
     
      no
      commitment
      for
      a
      probe
      of
      last
      month’s
      controversial
      results.
      CRO
      Pat
      Curley
     
     
      claimed
      the
      matter
      was
      already
      sufficiently
      explored
      and
      claimed
      there
      were
      no
     
     
      problems.
      Deighan
      had
      presented
      student
      council
      with
      a
      petition
      containing
      over
     
     
      100
      signatures
      of
      students
      demanding
      a
      re-vote
      of
      the
      Executive
      VP
      post,
      claiming
     
     
      that
      there
      were
      voting
      irregularities
      with
      the
      electronic
      voting
      system.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Action
      on
      the
      Ice
      Heats
      Up
      During
      Seal
      Hunt
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Gulf
      of
      St.
      Lawrence
      has
      been
      home
      to
      some
      red-hot
      action
      during
      the
      seal
     
     
      hunt.
      On
      Friday,
      shots
      were
      fired
      into
      the
      air
      during
      a
      confrontation
      between
     
     
      protesters
      and
      sealers.
      On
      Thursday,
      the
      RCMP
      arrested
      11
      anti-sealing
     
     
      protestors,
      most
      from
      the
      United
      States,
      for
      entering
      the
      half-mile
      buffer
      zone
     
     
      around
      sealing
      activities.
      These
      activists,
      members
      of
      the
      Sea
      Shepard
     
     
      Conservation
      Society
      were
      taken
      into
      custody
      in
      Charlottetown
      before
      being
     
     
      released
      on
      Friday
      after
      being
      ordered
      by
      a
      court
      to
      remain
      on
      their
      boat,
      the
     
     
      Farley
      Mowatt.
      Some
      protestors
      claim
      they
      are
      being
      assaulted
      by
      sealers
      on
     
     
      the
      ice.
      Bad
      weather
      has
      hampered
      the
      seal
      hunt,
      and
      two
      vessels
      have
      sunk
      in
     
     
      the
      Gulf
      of
      St.
      Lawrence.
      All
      crew
      members
      were
      rescued.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Neil
      Young
      Recovering
      from
      Brain
      Aneurysm
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canadian
      rock
      legend
      Neil
      Young
      is
      recovering
      from
      surgery
      after
      an
      MRI
     
     
      discovered
      a
      brain
      aneurysm.
      He
      is
      expected
      to
      make
      a
      full
      recovery
      but
      he
     
     
      missed
      the
      Juno
      Awards
      ceremonies
      on
      Sunday,
      held
      in
      his
      hometown
      of
      Winnipeg.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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