A resolution relating to the death of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II.

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. Res. 95 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. RES. 95

Relating to the death of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 5, 2005

Mr. Frist (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Santorum, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Allard, Mr.
Allen, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr.
Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burns, Mr. Burr, Mr.
Byrd, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Carper, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs.
Clinton, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coleman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad,
Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Dayton, Mr. DeMint,
Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Ensign,
Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr.
Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe,
Mr. Inouye, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr.
Kerry, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Martinez,
Mr. McCain, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr.
Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Obama, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Roberts, Mr.
Rockefeller, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
Shelby, Mr. Smith, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stevens,
Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Thune, Mr. Vitter, Mr.
Voinovich, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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RESOLUTION

Relating to the death of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II.

Whereas Pope John Paul II was one of the greatest spiritual leaders and moral
teachers of the Modern Era;
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;
Whereas throughout the course of his pontificate he campaigned tirelessly for
human rights and human dignity throughout the world;
Whereas he practiced and inspired resistance to the great totalitarian systems
and tyrannies that rose and, with his help, fell in the 20th Century;
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;
Whereas he dedicated himself to the defense of the weakest and most vulnerable
members of the human family;
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: Now, 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.
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