By Michael F. Duggan
Even a skeptic like me has to admit he was a good man, an impressive human being, and an important world leader–arguably the greatest during his tenure as pope. A humane voice in troubled times, a Christ-like advocate for the poor, and a genuine reformer in an institution not famous for it. He was a Pope who understood the spirt and timbre of the New Testament and knew that its importance was “not of the letter but of the spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.”