April 01, 2005
Karol Wojtyla
filed under: Hey, What's The Big Idea
Reports are conflicted, but it sounds like the pope may have died.
Looking at the coverage, this picture jumped out:
That nice looking, respectful young man the pope is shaking hands with?
Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot and nearly killed him. According to MSNBC, "the pope says the teachings of Christ instructed him to forgive Agca."
If one can judge anything about the transformational power of compassion and forgiveness by the look on Agca's face in this picture, it seems that Christ guy just might have been onto something. Well done, Pope.
I hope he's at peace.
Posted by rjt at April 1, 2005 02:09 PMComments