THE MANY FACES OF THE CHURCH
There is one Roman Catholic Church, headquartered in the Vatican. Then there
are thousands of churches -- located in rural and metropolitan, traditional
and progressive, affluent and impoverished communities worldwide.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/22...urch/index.html
One of the things that made John Paul 2 great was his ability to be everywhere and all over the place. He traveled so much and so widely that he was recognized and known by all nations and all people. Pope Benedict is much older than John Paul was when he started. Keeping up the pace will be difficult to say the least. I really wonder what will happen in the church now that there is not someone as strong and good natured as Pope John Paul. It should be interesting also because Pope Benedict will most certainly not be in office for twenty six years.