Pope John Paul II was an inspiration to all

POPE John Paul II, a man of deep faith, will one day be proclaimed a saint by the Catholic Church.

The Holy Father was an inspiration and a model witness to the life of Christ; a shepherd of truth immersed in profound humility and immense love for both God and man.

His writings and worldwide pilgrimages of faith have been a source of strength, encouragement, confidence, optimism and enlightenment not only to Catholics. but to all people. A champion of the poor, the Polish pontiff was both a beacon of light and salt of the earth. Alongside his historic role in the fall of communism, John Paul II was also the world’s most influential and uncompromising defender of the dignity of human life.