Letters, Nov. 5, 1979

Powerful Pope

To the Editors:

At this crucial, life-and-death time for the church, when the purification process is so desperately needed, there bursts upon the world from the prison of Poland a powerful, electrifying personality, a man who is all heart, soul, guts and steely courage, John Paul II [Oct. 15].

Aileen Mary Rankin Merritt Island, Fla.

John Paul II: he came, he saw, he conquered—and America will never be the same.

Sheila Madden Providence Thank you, TIME, for supercoverage of a superstar whose love has made our hearts soar with joy like a bird...

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