The death of Pope John Paul II in April 2005 brought his legacy within the history of the Catholic Church into the news (with many, many hours of coverage on the cable news networks).

This site had several pages written before his death though not about the pope himself including

religious leaders
birth control
origins of Christianity
Bible as the word of God

that are also relevant to some of the matters regarding his legacy.

A number of other commentaries were written online after the pope’s death. The ones I thought of interest are provided below, in a reverse chronological list.

Pope TV and the New World Media by Mike Whitney (04/11/2005)

The Bonfire in Peru - My Favorite Papal Moment by Gary Leupp (04/09/2005)

John Paul II, the Death of a Reactionary by Alan Maass (04/09/2005)

Opus Dei and John Paul II - A Profoundly Rightwing Pope by Vicente Navarro (04/08/2005)

The Pope With Blood on His Hands by Terry Eagleton (04/06/2005)

The Pope Who Revived the Office of the Inquisition - An American Catholic Reflects on Papacy of John Paul II by Jim Connolly (04/05/2005)

Moral Values and Global Capitalism - John Paul II's Economic Ethics by Mark Engler (04/05/2005)

A humorous retrospective on Pope Paul II:
News in Photos, A Pope Remembered (a slideshow) (04/19/2005)


Several articles about his successor, Pope Benedict XVI:

Papal Double Standards by Rachard Itani (08/24/2005)

Purges, Pedophiles and Cover Ups: Pope Torquemada by Saul Landau (05/07/2005)

Pope Benedict XVI, a Rightwing Politician by Vicente Navarro (05/05/2005)

Pope Ratzo and the Hucksters of Death by John Ross (04/27/2005)

God's Rottweiller, Pope Ratzinger's Pie-in-the Sky for the Masses by Mike Whitney (04/22/2005)


This is for Monty Python fans:

The Spanish Inquisition by Monty Python (04/19/2005 online here)


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