Post Your Favorite Shot Of The Pope! Here's Mine! (My Nod To Mopaul)

After a long day of bashing on His Holiness, I felt it fair to try to go for a slightly positive spin.

Here's my favorite shot of the Pope. Although I'm not sure, I assume he is playing with kids. Seemed fitting as he is well know for his work with youth worldwide.

Just for the record that move is better done with the hands turned upside down, palms in. My mom used to call it the Jr. Birdman!



IT WAS A GOOD LOOK FOR THE OLD GUY!

He so loved children.

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you're setting yourself up for a joke right there. But I'll stay away out of respect.

This is the way I will always remember Pope John Paul II.

What does he know that we don't?

I'm sure his motives are pure.

That reminds me. What is happening to Michael Jackson? Oh My God! What is happening with Michael!

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Amen to that!

Sweet. great pic

I just got back from mass at Our Lady of Angels. It was very beautiful.

"Bet those are nice Catholic girls who are baring their breasts, right?"

thats sweet

"When I was you age, I received an audience to breakdance for the Pope!"

"Sure you did dad."

"Really, he got totally served!"

Good one

Between the Cheney and Bush visits, I'd be long dead. This guy is really tough!

The picture says everything, the Pope looks like he is expressing how we all feel!, and the shrub sits their so unaware of his stupidity. Shrub is sitting there with the script that Rove gave him to impress. The Pope is no way impressed with the town idiot.

I posted this earlier today.


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The pope, "Please forgive me Lord, but, could anyone be more stupid?

Bush, "Rove told me to say this to you, I had nothing to do with what I am saying."

George just reminds me of a little boy who was just reprimanded by a parent.

Does anyone know where the famous shot of the Pope and Bono both wearing the latter's trademark sunglasses? It's the ultimate Holy Father fashion statement, and a waaaay cool pic of two guys who stick up for the little guy.

They were very nice. My favorite's were the one's of him with kids and Mr. Clinton.

Loove like another classic moment in the long and varied life of the pontiff!

THE BISHOP!

Bonos glasses... he put them on after the press left.

but that is the pic of him recieving the specs.

ON EDIT- ooops posted too soon i guess....

Great post!!!

Thank you.

In spite of his rigid moral rules, he still love/d/s people, even those who broke those rules.

The man defined his limits,...but loved in spite of them. I love him back, for that!!!

A young girl caresses John Paul II's head, December 3 2003 at the Vatican, during his weekly general audience. (Patrick Hertzog, AFP)

She clearly has either a deformity or serious injury to her hand....it makes the picture all the more poignant because who knows what suffering she has been through and yet the gentleness between the two in that moment.

Here's mine



and this one, where he's forgiving the person who shot him.

Forgiveness is not my personal strong suit! Way to lead by example!

but the fact he could forgive the man who shot him twice, says a lot about what kind of man he really was. I don't agree with a lot of what the Pope has said, but he's done quite a few remarkable things. I don't know if I would be as forgiving as he is.

I admire him for that for sure. I wouldn't be able to do that.

He realy is an amazing person.

For both of the men.

if it doesn't and I accidentally upset someone please let me know so we can talk it out.

*deep breath* Here goes.

I see many of these pictures and they make me smile...and then they make me sad. You can tell the man had a sense of fun and a love of life and that there was a compassionate, caring human at his core. I wonder what he could have been without many of the constraints of his position and the politics of the Vatican. But mostly it makes me sad because I want to like him and just can't for other reasons.

I really am sorry for those of you who are upset today.

My parents are Catholic and I really don't know what to say to comfort them right now!

to love. He shared himself with everybody. He is/was a wonderful human being.

I do not agree with a lot of Catholic tenants; but, that does not keep me from appreciating a man who has made a tremendous difference in this world from sheer love, sometimes gentle and sometimes tough.

Think just a minute. With him gone, doesn't * loom scarier. Hell, doesn't the whole world look and feel scarier. Whether I agreed with him or not, I always trusted him to be as good as he could be. You can't say that about too many people.

I've loved all of these pictures, and am not ashamed to say that I have been crying off and on all day. I will miss this man tremendously. I predict an amazing outpouring of love from people of all faith.

Thanks everybody for the pics.

I'm not Catholic either but looking at these pictures make you really see him for who he is. He definietly appeared to love children and life and that one picture of him forgiving the man who shot him was amazing. I could never do that. He even tried to get through Bush with Iraq. Now that must've been difficult.

This one.

I remember just being stunned by the picture of the pope and Mandela...It was on the front page of our paper.

Whenever I see it, I get sucked in to that time, wondering what they were thinking, and speaking about.

way.

makes me a little teary eyed to be truthful

Great photo

I love the pictures of him with little kids.

The Pope had heard some things about Bob Dylan, and was curious. So he contacted Dylan who came and played for him.

"Oy, vey!"

what he thought of the performance.

Like I said above, I have a feeling there was an interesting man underneath the "Pope".

Thanks!

Really enjoyed all the pics. Thanks to all for posting.

Julie

this is really nice - great, heartwarming photos.

Pardon the lobbying!

The first, more of the Pope's long suffering the visits from swine.

Not sure what is happening in the second shot. Apparently it was during a trip to Syria? What are we seeing here? Anyone?

WE ARE THE WORLD!

I like this one....cool hat.

(Whazzup, my man!)

If only the hat were ROYAL blue!

Maybe a visit from the Queer Eye Guys?

The facial expression is funny too!

G'on holy father!

Like NOBODY'S business!

Either that or Elton John just got through playing for him!



BTW, I LOVE how we're mourning him - this is what he would have liked, if I have correctly read the man for 26 years.

the hat the suit......

I love that picture - a great snapshot....

You can bet he loved the polkas and their red costumes.

I have a friend that melts in the presense of "cute old men". She'd be a puddle for this shot!

Isn't that just adorable?

If I can get I'll e-mail it to my buddy. I sent her the other.

Try right-clicking and "view picture." If not, try cuting and pasting from the properties.

It's from Yahoo, so sometimes they mess up on posting. It really is cute. He's releasing a dove and just looks like a little kid!

Can Anyone else get it reposted from a non-yahoo source? I'd love to see it.

It's so adorable!

I Saw video of that. The birds flew right back in the window and aroung the papal apartment. He certainly seemed to find it amusing! Thanks again!

Wonder if that shot is before or after the Monica "affair".

Oct. 6, 1979, AP file photo.

I believe that is it. Jesus down from the cross. Marble, Large.

On Edit: Yes That's It. Here you go for comparison. Maybe it is just me but this is what immediately jumped into my head when I saw your shot:

now that you point it out, it certainly does.

You are not paraniod if they really ARE coming for you!

I immediately thought of a character in some videogame.

have you ever seen those characters? Derived from D & D, all faux medieval, often carrying Cross staffs just like that. They are usually wizards or priests.

I don't play videogames, but I did play D & D with my kids when they were young, and some of the illustrations looked just like that. And I have a friend who plays videogames, and some of those characters also look like that.

I also read a fair amount of SF and fantasy, and the descriptions of some characters in such fiction--well, you get my drift.

I am amazed any of that stuck with me. Well, that's not true it was an elective. I wanted to be there.

Wrote a great paper on an anti-war painting from the 60's that was in the university museum and it was failed. They said it was WAY TOO GOOD to be undergrad work. It was a painting from their collection for Christ sake. What did they think I just Googled (altavista or something back then) it?

Oh that still burns me! Finishing a Ph.D. now. Wonder where those weasel TA's are today.

The Pieta was the most beautiful work of art that I have ever seen. So smooth, a slightly green hue and details so perfect that it defies belief.

It was really cool to ride the conveyor belt around the room to see it. Everything was black except for the Pieta, which was one of the most gorgeous things I'd ever seen.

I'd love to see it. One of these days, I'll make it to Italy and the art at the Vatican is high on my list of things to see!

We had the same statue in my church. As we rode past on the conveyer belt I couldn't figure out what the big deal was. Some thirty years later I saw it in St. Peters while on a trip to Rome. It's just as you go in the main door to the right.

This time I was impressed despite the fact that they keep it behind bulletproof glass ever since some religious nutcase went after it with a hammer some years back and bashed in the faces and the Virgin Mary's hand. The restorers did a wonderful job but, sadly, it's not all Michelangelo.

I now wish that I'd paid more attention as a kid.

Don't know if you knew that, but he reflects kindly and with emotion on this sculpture.

thank you for posting that.

It was a little song where you did that with your hands (upside down). But I don't remember all the lyrics. Something like this:

Up in the air Junior Birdman
Uo in the air upside down
Up in the air Junior Birdman
Nose to the ground.

I think there's more.

since I started this thread. I can hum the tune just fine but, the old brain cells weren't firing on the lyrics. I think there is more. Sure hope so or it was a pretty short song. Thanks

Up in the air Junior Birdman
Uo in the air upside down
Up in the air Junior Birdman
Nose to the ground.

That your wings are made of tin (clank, clank!)
Then you'll know, the Junior Birdmen
Have sent their boxtops in!

Vintage 50's I guess. I miss the times e=when cereal boxes were cerel boxes!

Thanks CitySky. That's priceless.

As Jesus washed His Disciples' feet at the Last Supper, so John Paul II washes and kisses the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in the Cathedral of St. John Lateran, the Pope's Episcopal seat as Bishop of Rome.

He's showing he's also a servant. Nice. This was a nice thread. Even though I'm not Catholic it was a nice way to remember a great person.

1987 SF .... the day I saw him.



With Princess Diana 1985



The Dolomite mountains in 1996. I think he's getting ready to sing "The Sound of Music".

Where are the Dolomite mountains?

"The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music."

I was in high school, still, and was excited to be in a throng of 40 some-odd catholics. I got the t-shirt, took it home and tie-dyed it and wore it around at school.

Thanks all for the pics of HH.

Make that 40 some-odd THOUSAND catholics.

Yeah, my church-going days had long since passed and I had moved on to finding cosmic truths in the world around me but I had not lost my admiration for the leader of the church.

He seemed to be a person who enjoyed life and just fun all around.

Respectful, playful, touching, memorable...just like The Pontiff himself. Some of these of him 25 or so years ago bring back a flood of memories and I'd forgotten how much younger he looked and was able to act in those days.

My condolences to all those who are Roman Catholic; hope this brought you some smiles.

Thanks for this wonderful thread that I just bookmarked!

I'm not Catholic; I disagree with him on many social issues...but there is no denying he was a good man.
He may have been wrong, but he tried to bring peace to as many places as possible.
Why do I weep?

And when he wrote in his autobiography that I was a part of "the new ideology of evil", it made it very easy for me to say that this man is not a good man.

If someone said that jews are evil or women are evil, we wouldn't be extolling their virtues on DU. But if you hug a few children and say that you are against the war (without any significant call to action) all of a sudden you're okay?

This man and his policies are a threat to my life. So how is he a good man?

If someone was a virulent racist, would we say "I disagree with him on some social issues, but..."

Once again, GLBT people and non-christian women are expendable.

Because I do want to discuss it, but this thread doesn't deserve to be hijacked on this.
So feel free to continue this via PM.

You have me crying....good tears.

It's been wonderful to share these touching moments in the company of the sweet people who have gathered in this thread. It's been a balm for my weary soul....

Here's a lovely one for you now.



Peace to you all, and thanks for the peace and love I felt here in this thread.

Thanks for the thread!

he had on his show.

Nice!

Once had an argument with some folks coming out of a church in Mexico. As mass was letting out in the town I work in while I'm down there, A dog got hit by a guy in a bike. Mostly they consider dogs ratline nuisances.

Must have been over a hundreds folks that saw it and they all started laughing like crazy. I mentioned that was not very Christan of them. They objected until I brought up San Fransisco. That shut them right up.

Is there any way to merge my thread at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

with this one, or is it too late?

Speaks to me somehow.

i admire that in a person

Young at heart! Come on, he held an audience for breakdancers! Man he loves some dancng! You Just have to love that!