{"id":7305,"date":"2005-04-02T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2005-04-02T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/04\/02\/passages-4.html"},"modified":"2005-04-02T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2005-04-02T20:24:10","slug":"passages_4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/04\/02\/passages_4.html","title":{"rendered":"Passages"},"content":{"rendered":"

And now the Pope has passed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Say what you will about his theology — and I have, and there were elements of it that I disagreed with vehemently, along with their real-world results — Pope John Paul II was a man of deep and abiding faith, and a man who was willing to put his life behind it, both in his dedication and in the risks he was willing to take. He was a brave and good man, and I trust that his reward will be great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And now the Pope has passed away. 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