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These words, written on a different occasion and cited by the organiza tion which I represent in Rome, come to mind when we reflect upon the personality and life of the new Pope. His pontificate has only begun and it is too early even to attempt any meaningful synthesis of its significance. We can speak at this time about the Pontiff rather than about the Pontificate. Volumes and a countless number of articles, stories and memoirs have already been written about him ? some of them serious, factual, refresh ing, others rather superficial and haphazardly manufactured in pursuit of an easy sensation. While glancing through all this rapidly assembled material, we can notice that the authors encountered one major difficulty. Pope John Paul II is a many-sided personality, almost without precedent, and it was impossible for one writer to grasp equally well all his talents, interests and knowledge. We, the generations of this century, became ac customed to a certain type, one may risk saying a
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These words, written on a different occasion and cited by the organiza tion which I represent in Rome, come to mind when we reflect upon the personality and life of the new Pope. His pontificate has only begun and it is too early even to attempt any meaningful synthesis of its significance. We can speak at this time about the Pontiff rather than about the Pontificate. Volumes and a countless number of articles, stories and memoirs have already been written about him ? some of them serious, factual, refresh ing, others rather superficial and haphazardly manufactured in pursuit of an easy sensation. While glancing through all this rapidly assembled material, we can notice that the authors encountered one major difficulty. Pope John Paul II is a many-sided personality, almost without precedent, and it was impossible for one writer to grasp equally well all his talents, interests and knowledge. We, the generations of this century, became ac customed to a certain type, one may risk saying a
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