ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!
As a christened, confirmed and "white-married" Protestant, already having left in
my mid-twenties the Lutheran Church because of its questionable, institutional policy, I felt that
church matters were no longer my business. However, being faced since more than two years by the
extremely unfair, disrespectful and fact-twisting comments about His Holiness John Paul II and his
papacy in different Australian - and UK newspapers, I'm left angry and frustrated, wondering,
why the clergy of The Vatican and the Catholic Church's worldwide community of billions of
believers are not standing up against such disgusting provocation of bad gossip-journalism and
questionable community behavior! It shouldn't be allowed, to minimize, understate or even to
deny the provable achievements of the Holy Father for his Church and the rest of the world -
independent of religion, culture or country. Against all odds, one is for sure: Since 27 years
(16.10.1978) The Catholic Church is blessed having as its head Pope John Paul II being such a
beautiful, incredible humble human, also a highly gifted and broadly educated, respectable
personality with PHD and professor's appointment at university, by having taught the subject
PHILOSOPHY already at the age of only 35 years and to the same time was faced with the double
burdening, busy life his clerical duties as a bishop has forced from him since the end of the
Fifties. No doubt, The Holy Father is a genuine witness in faith, an excellent, UNTOUCHABLE
role-model, incredible in his iron self-discipline and the hero-like management of his
papacy's daily duties of immense work-task younger and healthier people are unable to
achieve. All the Vatican's high ranked cardinals are very well advised; TO SUPPORT - UNDER
ALL CIRCUMSTANCES - THE POPE IN HIS WISH, FULFILLING HIS CLERICAL DUTIES TILL HIS VERY LAST BREATH
or they have to be faced with the poisoning critique, being non-trustworthy but power- hungry, very
worldly and therefore questionable persons not being worth, to fill in any clergy position!!! In
other words: The Pope's aides Christian and human duties are, to ask for the top of the
worlds' best medical advisers in supporting and strengthening The Holy Father's failing
health to a better! Also, it's unethical and tasteless but sadly one of many bad reflections
of our today's messy world with its decay of traditional values, if already to The
Pope's lifetime the Media's jackal-like paparazzi-pack is wondering, who will become
the next pope! After all these fact-twisting comments of the last years it is essential, that
people have the opportunity to develop their own precious, non-influenced mind by visiting the
Vatican's informative Website at: http://www.vatican.va./holy_father/john_paul_II/. It is
also essential, that the broad public knows more about the unbearable task of duties, John Paul II
is permanently faced during his papacy, reflected in my following reprint of one weeks' tough
task only, originally edited by J. Cornwell and described below in his own words, likewise
"a week of executive activities sufficient to exhaust a man half his age":
"He has met President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Mary McAleese of
Ireland; chaired an international conference on depression; published a statement on cultural
difference; appointed a dozen bishops; lectured members of the Polish union Solidarity; and
presided over a world congress on pastoral care for migrants and refugees. On the previous day he
had preached to visitors from Croatia; encouraged the contribution of Christianity in the new
European constitution; met the council of the synods of bishops; beatified five candidates for
sainthood; met and spoke with a delegation from Palestine; and issued a statement to the Pontifical
Academy of the Sciences on GM crops and stem cells. In addition, these three days included, in
theory, his absorption of a torrent of paperwork from dozens of Vatican departments that regulate
the church worldwide. In theory, he maintains daily contact with all the national bishops in about
110 countries. Moreover, more than 3000 of these bishops come to Rome for regular "personal
meetings" with him" and so forth. Mr. Cornwell continues: "an
avid member of the curia, the Vatican bureaucracy, told me that the Pope "takes the strain of
all this in a very real and personal way" which means in clear text that the above
mentioned "theory" is, indeed, nothing than a daily practiced tough task of duties to
be performed by The Holy Father personally.
The publishing of such confirming statements are just essential, to avoid a dangerous, false
statement about The Pope's provable, immensely positive achievements during his whole
clerical life and especially during the inhuman hard and burdening task his papacy is demanding!
One is for sure: Not only the Catholics have a right, to be informed about John Paul II's
positive achievements and the content of his incredible huge workload daily to manage, but the rest
of the world too. In other words: The PR for The Vatican and its great, impressive, admirable and
well loved Pope can't be reduced only to monthly published insider magazines and the
occasionally publishing of Vatican's "schedules", BUT MUST BE PERMANENTLY SPREAD
WORLDWIDE WITH ALL MODERN HIGH-TECH THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA IS USING!!
Human's nature is about that some people are ungraceful and forgetful and some
aren't. When The Holy Father was still 27 years younger, healthier and a very good looking
but respectable personality with a great, infectious smile, people were cheering: "John Paul
TWO We Love YOU" and the Londoner newspaper "Times" had a headline which
described The Holy Father as a "SUPERSTAR"! Where are these people now? Today, nearly
three decades later, The Holy Father confirms BEING LIVING HISTORY AT ITS BEST with many, provable
achievements in CREATING OPPORTUNITIES for a better world he has managed successfully behind the
scene in his incredible humbleness. These positive, historical valuable achievements were done by
him in his diplomatic wisdom whereby here only a few can be mentioned, such as: A.) The fall of
Communism in Russia, B.) The strengthening of the Catholic Church in Poland, C.) The resign of
Chile's dictator Pinochet, D.) The reconciliation of the Catholic Church with the Greek
Orthodox Church, E.) His immense efforts, to combine Christianity, Judaism and Islam in view of
more understanding for each other by personal meetings with their countries' religious and
political leaders, F.) The good advice, to avoid the illegal, military invasion into Iraq by giving
personal audiences to the political leaders of those countries prepared to join into that gruesome
war, hoping, he can change their mind and so forth. (It must have been for The Holy Father very
disappointing that even his guest - and home countries' leaders didn't want to take his
good and responsible advice contra that illegality with the effective result of a horrendous mess,
future generations still have to pay for!) After all, today, His Holiness deserves much more our
love and admiration than ever before, because John Paul II does not want to give up fulfilling his
daily, immense workload for all peoples' welfare he sees as his duty managing properly,
despite age and illness! Now, even seriously ill, The Holy Father has read, in iron
self-discipline, The Mass from his hospital room for comforting his people all over the world and
with this heroic act, again, he is confirming being doubtlessly THE positive role-model for all of
us as an impressive, responsible witness in faith! This permanent fight of a great, unbroken spirit
against age and bodily weakness does make John Paul II to a real SUPERSTAR and a hero in each way
and demands our deepest respect! Like mentioned before, its common knowledge that peoples'
mind is very influential by changing permanently into the one or other direction likewise a flag -
however, in case of The Holy Father most of his people still are keeping him their loyalty what
means: In all circumstances a genetic "Alpha-Male" always has his cheering auditorium
and never, ever gives up!
Personally, I do feel very much comforted in the knowledge, that each day His Holiness John
Paul II is genuinely praying for all of us, thus my childhood-prayers haven't matured into
adulthood. Please, send this unique and great Pope all your greetings and best WELL WISHING and
LOVE for comforting him in his unbearable situation supposed being surrounded by some greedy
persons waiting impatiently, to fill in his position he never should be forced to give up, if he is
refusing to do so, because Parkinson disease does not affect the intellectual property but the
motored system of muscles and nerves only! Also, this illness does not trigger any kind of mental
illnesses because they do affect another system of chemicals and neurons in the brain-cells! One is
for sure, the last 27 years during his papacy this highly gifted, honest and wise man has built
around him a team of trustworthy top clericals being able in a professional manner, to ease his
inhuman burdening workload to a reasonable grade. Regarding the extremely tough task of his busy
papacy which The Holy Father has managed to present in an excellent manner, this special kind of
heroism reminds on another highly gifted academic, Professor Dr. Stephen Hawkings. Being an
extraordinary physicist, Mr. Hawking has developed his genial ideas despite battered by a
different, rare muscle - and nerve disease, tied in his wheelchair since his mid Twenties!
Last, but not least: Pope John Paul II is the living symbol having succeeded in the most
difficult task for transforming Christian religion's positive theoretical ideology into the
performing of daily reality's demands.
Thank you so much for your friendly attention. Be blessed with good people you count on
most.....
Sincerely, Ingrid at:
(Shortened version of 26 page letter)
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