Bonhoeffer and popeparallels | Both stressed that discipleship was costly and involved suffering (Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI)
France urged to skip official papal honors | While the death of Pope John Paul II has brought widespread mourning, there has also been pressure on the secular French Republic not to honor him officially (The New York Times)
John Paul II won in the East, lost in the West | Where were all these people when the pope was alive? (Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal)
Global respects | The pace of the world seemed to slow for the world to mourn a holy man (Editorial, The Wall Street Journal)
Prayer for Rome | Many new believers don't know much of the struggles of Luther, Calvin, and Knox, but they all know of John Paul II and see him as having championed a social agenda that they largely share (Hugh Hewitt, World)
Pope wrote he considered resigning in 2000 | What's in John Paul II's last will and testament (Associated Press)
Archbishop of Canterbury to set precedent | He'll be the first serving leader of the Church of England to attend a pontiff's burial (Associated Press)
News channels' challenge: How to fill the airtime | "I keep looking to this experience to find some sanctifying grace out of this," says Chris Matthews, covering the Pope's death in Vatican City for MSNBC (The New York Times)
In Russian Church, still an undercurrent of animosity to the Vatican and the pope | Pope John Paul II pope never managed to heal the millennium-long schism between Catholicism and Orthodoxy (The New York Times)
Zimbabwe's Mugabe attends pope's funeral | The trip was immediately denounced by one of Mugabe's fiercest human rights critics, Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo (Associated Press)
In memory of Pope John Paul II | Dr. Dobson discusses the life and legacy of Pope John Paul II with Albert Mohler, Priests for Life's Frank Pavone, and the Acton Institute's Robert Sirico (Focus on the Family)
Castro praises pope for defense of poor | Church officials said it was the first time Castro had been inside the cathedral in decades, with one of the last occasions being his sister's wedding in 1959 (Associated Press)
President, First Lady attend church | President Bush attended church at St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House on Sunday, where worshippers remembered Pope John Paul II (Associated Press)
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