JPII Funeral

Google news is shouting the latest...John Paul II's funeral cost $9 million.

This is news? Thanks for sharing. I believe that it was appropriate spending. Yes, we could have spent that money doing a lot of "good" in the world. This was good, too. It continued to spread JPII's message and spirituality after his death. The ceremony was one of those moments where I am proud to be Catholic.

This is the pope included in the Fatima messages. This is the pope who reached out to young people. This is the pope who stood fast against the evil tide of our culture that forgets much of what is good. This is the pope that an evil faction tried to murder...and couldn't. This is the pope from Poland! This is the pope who touched many hearts.

I say we got off cheap.

Now let's hear him declared a saint.