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Times Online - A Mass like no other: The courage, faith and evident suffering of John Paul II

The rub:

Few conclude that this Pope, although he has produced many surprises before, will set that example [by resigning]. He considers it his obligation to see through his tenure to the end, even if done at huge mental and physical cost to himself. If that is his decision, then it should be respected. He has sacrificed so much for his faith and humanity at large that to preach to him on the wisest meaning of sacrifice would be a disrespectful imposition. If this is to be his last Easter Mass, and he has defied many similar predictions before, Roman Catholics and many others should remember and treasure the thought of what an astonishing and transformative Pontiff he has been.