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Church officials defend the practice, says the Post , as a way of avoiding charging the poor to see the pontiff.
At one point, when it is mentioned that the major growth in the Catholic Church is now taking place outside Europe and the United States, the pontiff replies, "It was so at the beginning."
The pontiff is credited with inspiring the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, persuading liberal democracies that freedom must be girded by public morality, and opening a dialogue with other religious leaders.
Express urged the pontiff "to plead the cause of political and other detainees," which he duly did.
The Post has a perhaps-too-friendly story about the Pope, who's visiting Mexico: "To understand the significance of this pontiff, it helps to see him through his own eyes, and measure him by the yardstick of church history."