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David Scott is a historian, writer, and speaker with the ministry www.lifetwozero.org. He worked with Campus Crusade in Poland in 1988.

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More recent coverage of the John Paul II's death include:

Pope's Funeral Spotlights Kinship Between Catholics and Evangelicals | Once antagonistic communities are now on the same side of several cultural issues. (March 08, 2005)

Christian History Corner: Signs of the Reformation's Success? | Reformation scholar Timothy George discusses Pope John Paul II's historical significance and this 'momentous' era of Catholic-evangelical dialogue. (March 08, 2005)

Pope Gave Evangelicals the Moral Impetus We Didn't Have | Timothy George discusses how "the greatest pope since the Reformation" changed evangelicalism without us knowing. (April 06, 2005)

Pope 'Broadened the Way' for Evangelicals and Catholics | Theologian Tom Oden sees continued cooperation ahead. (April 05, 2005)

Pope Saw His Final Pain as Public Suffering | John Paul II embodied the "culture of life." (April 05, 2005)

How the Pope Turned Me Into An Evangelical | A Christianity Today associate editor recalls growing up Catholic in John Paul II's Poland. (April 04, 2005)

Pope John Paul II and Evangelicals | Protestants admired his lifelong admonition to "Be not afraid! Open the doors to Christ!" An interview with George Weigel. (April 04, 2005)

He Was my Pope, Too | Now that John Paul II is gone, I am even more of an orphan than the Christians in the Roman church. (April 04, 2005)

Protestants Laud Pope for Ecumenical, Social Stands | He was 'unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years,' says Billy Graham. (April 04, 2005)

Pope John Paul II, Leader of World's 1 Billion Roman Catholics, Is Dead at 84 | Third-longest papacy marked by a passion to evangelize the whole world. (April 04, 2005)

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