by Piso on May 14th, 2009

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How popular is the pope

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  • by ImaCatholic2 on May 16th, 2009

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    It depends what you mean by popular.

    He is known by most people of the world.

    He is the spiritual leader of about 1/6th of the world's population.

    The spiritual and moral values that he represents are loved by most but dispised by many.

    It is rather unfair to compare him to Pope John Paul II:
    + Pope John Paul II, born in 1920, was elected in 1978 at the very young age of 58 and served for over 26 years, dying in 2005 at the age of 84.
    + Pope Benedict XVI was born in 1927, elected pope in 2005 at the age of 78 and just turned 82. He is the oldest person to have been elected pope since Clement XII in 1730.

    Pope Benedict has neither the youth nor the time in office that John Paul had.

    With love in Christ.

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