anyone watching CNN?

[pres2032]

showing a mass in Poland. it's chilling...


edit: well, they were, maybe they'll go back.

[JohnKleeb]

Listening to music, classical, it gets me through

gonna change my sig too.

[pres2032]

3. that's cool

they had this incredible chant going on, it was surreal, very spiritual.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. I am watching CNN . It is indeed chilling ...

[pres2032]

4. yeah, wish they'd go back to it.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

7. This time last year I was living in Germany ...

and I would have traveled to Rome or either Poland . As a non-Catholic , I am very moved by the tributes to Pope John Paul II . He is the only Pope I have known in my lifetime . I did not agree with everything he said but I respected him because he was a man of convictions and stuck to his beliefs . I remember him telling Clinton not to let the millenium come to a close with the Balkans still at war with another . How right was he ? - He was very right . Having the guts to stand up to Bush , he gets an A in my book . Whoever the next Pope will be , he has some big shoes to feel . I send my condolences to all my Catholic friends here on the DU and in the offline world . My bf ( who is in Iraq , please pray for him too ) is Catholic , I have not spoken to him yet but I am sure he is moved at this moment .

[pres2032]

11. i wish i could be there too

He, too, is the only pope i've known and yeah, there are some things i disagree with too, but you can't overlook all the great the Holy things that he has done. I think he gets an A for meeting with the man who shot him to forgive him. I thank you for your support and your boyfriend will be in my prayers. I pray that he comes home soon and above all safe. :hug:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

16. Thank you :)

:hug: I just listened to a mass where Cardinal Egan ( I think that was him ) shared the story of how Pope John Paul II visted the prison where his would be assasin was being held and how he " forgave him " . It was very touching . How many of us would forgive someone who wanted to do harm to us ? Amazing :)

[pres2032]

20. exactly

i doubt many, myself included, who could do that.

[Radio_Lady]

2. I really like Christiane Amanpour (but this name may be wrong)...

She's married with a little girl, last I knew.

Wonder who's watching her child while she travels?

[pres2032]

5. cool

yeah, she is one of the best, second though to Aaron Brown.

[Radio_Lady]

22. I like Aaron Brown -- he's kind of like a friendly uncle.

However, his show comes on at odd times. I'm always in the kitchen cleaning up after dinner or going to a movie preview somewhere.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

6. She married Jamie Rubin,

late of Madeleine Albright's State Department - he was the spokesman.

They live in London, and have a son who's named after JFK, Jr., who was one of Amapoure's housemates while they were at Brown.

Why do I know crap like this?

:hide:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

10. Because its cool ;)

I posted the same below , hope you don't mind :) But I find her story cool , how she started college in her early 20's and how her family escaped the Iranian Revolution .

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

9. Maybe her husband former Assistant Secretary and Chief Spokesman

of the US State Department , under the Clinton Administration , James Rubin .

[BlackVelvetElvis]

8. That was incredible.

And brought tears to my eyes.

[pres2032]

12. yeah, brought me to the verge of tears too

serious chills...

[JohnKleeb]

13. I havent got teary eyed yet

but I am showing my signs of how I am when I am affected by something like this.

[pres2032]

14. yeah

definitely cried when i heard the news.

[JohnKleeb]

15. It takes me a while to cry

but believe me it gets me.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

17. I feel like crying everytime I see footage of Pope John Paul II

at the window from this past Wednesday , I touch the screen everytime they show it . Something just tells me too . I am not Catholic , but I feel moved by all of this .

[JohnKleeb]

18. Ive yet to see one so thats probably why

I feel moved by knowing he was one of a select few who risked their lives by standing up to the nazis and the USSR. It takes a special man to do that.

[pres2032]

19. definitely

I look at him forgiving his would-be assassin as a key into his heart.

[JohnKleeb]

21. That was something else

I thought when I learned about it.