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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 95

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

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 

RESOLUTION

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

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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

1 Resolved, That the Senate of the United States joins 

2 the world in mourning his death, and pays tribute to him 

3 by pledging to be ever faithful to our national calling to 

4 be ‘‘one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and 
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1 justice for all’’, and to help our neighbors in immeasurable 

2 ways.

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