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Week Ending April 8, 2005

Senate Resolution 95 a resolution relating to the death of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II.

BRIEF

Recognizing the Pontiff as “one of the greatest spiritual leaders and moral teachers of the Modern Era” the Resolution preamble notes the late Pope, John Paul II, was an example pf personal integrity and courage and a tireless campaigner for human rights.

The Resolution notes his urging Americans, during a US visit, to live by the motto of ``…one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,''

Sponsor: Senator William H. Frist (R-TN)

Vote: Passed Senate 98 to 0 (April 5, 2005) (RV 82)

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost.

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S. Res. 95

Whereas Pope John Paul II was one of the greatest spiritual leaders and moral teachers of the Modern Era; and

Whereas he set an extraordinary example of personal integrity and courage, not only for his fellow Catholics but for people of every religious and philosophical viewpoint; and

Whereas throughout the course of his pontificate he campaigned tirelessly for human rights and human dignity throughout the world; and

Whereas he practiced and inspired resistance to the great totalitarian systems and tyrannies that rose and, with his help, fell in the 20th Century; and

Whereas he fostered harmony between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox and Protestant Christians, reached out in friendship to Jews, Muslims and members of other faiths, and warmly promoted interfaith understanding and cooperation; and

Whereas he dedicated himself to the defense of the weakest and most vulnerable members of the human family; and

Whereas on his visits to our country he has called all Americans to be true and faithful to the great principles of liberty and justice inscribed in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution; and

Whereas his selfless service to God and man has been an inspiration to Americans and men and women of goodwill across the globe; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Senate of the United States joins the world in mourning his death, and pays tribute to him by pledging to be ever faithful to our national calling to be ``one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,'' and to help our neighbors in immeasurable ways.