A Quote by Dalai Lama

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

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Dalai Lama
Tibetan - Leader
Born: July 6, 1935

It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who commanded the three paths of religious learning, philosophical thought and poetical and artistic creativity.

Mohammad Khatami

Pope John Paul II was a great presence on the stage. Pope Benedict is a much more gentle and refined person, and I think he benefits greatly from the television close-ups because he wants to engage in a dialogue, in conversation. He wants to put forward his views in a measured, eloquent, rational way.

Vincent Nichols

For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act.

Hugo Chavez

Apparently Pope John Paul II and his boys - is that what you call them? - loved one of my songs and thought I was putting spiritual messages in my music. I'm not religious as such. Dogma and I don't get along.

Gloria Estefan

His [John Paul II] humanity, combined with his extraordinary spiritual authority, was unlike anything I've ever met.

Chris Matthews

I found myself immediately attracted to Pope John Paul II when, upon his election to the Papacy, his published speeches invariably called attention to the need for recognizing the dignity of the human being as a child of God.

Robert H. Schuller

[Pope Francis] did something that both his two predecessors had failed to do - John Paul II and Benedict. Francis met with the Russian patriarch of the Orthodox Church.

Sylvia Poggioli

Over the last 2,000 years, 10,000 saints have been named, among them, 78 popes. At the time of his death, Pope John Paul II had the distinction of naming 482 saints, more than all of his predecessors combined.

Chris Matthews

We have lost a very important religious figure who dedicated his life to peace and justice for all. [on the death of Pope John Paul II

Mahmoud Abbas

The emphasis on the "peripheries" is also a distinctively "Franciscan" way of expressing the pope's respect for untutored popular piety - a respect, I might add, that was shared by St. John Paul II.

George Weigel

Pope John Paul II stands like a rock against all opposition in his clear enunciation of the foundational principles of the Christian faith.

Pat Robertson

Pope John Paul II brought hope to all corners of the world, to people of all faiths and backgrounds, with his powerful belief in the human spirit.

Jerry Costello

Pope John Paul II is the great. Only two other popes had that title. Does that suggest there is going to be a move for canonization?

Chris Matthews

The pope has been called many things, historic figure, spiritual leader, moral force. But a growing chorus of voices has begun to refer to him as John Paul II the Great, in other words, as a saint.

Chris Matthews

The last person to be beatified by Pope John Paul II was Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003.

Chris Matthews

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.