Published: April 2005
Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, in the 27th year of his pontificate. Below are links to sites on the Boston College website and in the media that feature presentations and reflections on the man, his work, and the future of the papacy. @BC will add additional links to this page as they are made available.
From the President
Remarks by William P. Leahy, SJ, president of Boston College, at the campus community memorial service
(April 4, 2005, transcript)
In the media
- Two faculty members from the theology department—James M. Weiss and James Keenan, SJ—write opinion pieces on the forthcoming conclave (Boston Globe, April 13, 2005)
- Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM, associate professor of theology, on women in the Church (NPR, Here and Now, April 6, 2005, audio)
- Stephen Pope, associate professor of theology, on papal succession (Boston Globe, April 5, 2005)
- Walsh Professor of Bioethics John Paris, SJ, on the outpouring of affection for the deceased pontiff (CNN, Lou Dobbs Tonight, April 5, 2005, transcript)
- Theology professor Thomas Groome on the tradition of the “mystery cardinal”—a cardinal in pectore (CNN, Newsnight with Aaron Brown, April 5, 2005, transcript)
- Theology professor David Hollenbach, SJ, on the challenges that will face a new pope (Voice of America, Malone Report, April 4, 2005, transcript and audio)
- More news from the Office of Public Affairs
Front Row
How Rome views the American church
John L. Allen, Jr., speaks on pivotal issues that will be faced by Pope John Paul II’s successor. View an associated story from Boston College Chronicle.
The reform of the papacy: A permanent synod?
John Quinn, former archbishop of San Francisco and author of The Reform of the Papacy: The Costly Call to Christian Unity, offers suggestions for changing the way authority is exercised within the Church.
Center for Christian Jewish Learning
Definer of a new relationship: John Paul II and the Jewish people
A slideshow featuring quotations and images from John Paul II’s work to improve Catholic-Jewish relations.
Boston College Magazine
In his time
The consequential papacy of Pope John Paul II
In 2001, Boston College Magazine asked a handful of observers—a Jesuit, a feminist scholar, a political scientist, a Catholic journalist—to examine the papacy of John Paul II from their respective vantage points.
