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Credo: John Paul II

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Very touching to see this pope with the children. He was truly the people pope. The footage of him outside the vatican and the music of Andrea Bocelli was a perfect marriage. I view this often. Good for small group discussion about the Pope following the teacing of Christ. Only One John Paul And Mother Teresa.

This DVD is a partial portrayal of the mystical, energetic life spent with us, that of Pope JP II, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church since 1978, is displayed as the listener is treated to the magnificent, classic audio selections of Andrea Bocelli. A delightful combination, yet sad.

The life of John Paul II is not completely summarized in this effort, but rather, his time spent with us as the unequalled pope, in our desperate times, is summarized. The intention is to give one hope as this suffering human is seen centering all he humbly does in vignettes attibuting his prayer, actions, travels, interactions as those springing from love which originates in Jesus Christ Himself.
The continual reference to scenes of those mourning his loss, felt by the 3 million attendees of his wake, center the soul on the one who is no longer visible from the window from which I have seen him so often.
He is no longer with us who loved him so much.
These chapters are filled with the ventures of a figure of Christ Himself; not of John Paul the man. He lived the intended life of Christ while with us. Let us not lose sight of his love for the most powerless, the most down-trodden, and the children, whose little faces are obvious in almost every scene.
Now that his cause for beatification is being more urgently scrutinized we are reminded of the wonderful intercessor we have sitting at the Feet of Jesus, begging the Blessed Mother to hold back The Arm of Christ, the effects of that arm which we deserve.
The English subtitles are not optimal, some words are not of correct English grammar/spelling, but, the intense love is expressed in the wonderful cuts from the Vatican Archives and embellished by the most admired tenor of our generation, Andrea Bocelli. Who else to sing to my heart as tears flow down my face, realizing the loss we have experienced without our friend's Polish smile, and quiet, intense piety, which have evolved from a life of suffering and loss. This artform helps to reflect the supernatural clarity and strength of the human condition, which we seem to lose sight of belonging to; It seems that "it (the world) is all about us", after all.
This effort did well to portray that goal, to take me out of my box and force me to extend myself to others to try to emulate the example we lost on that day in 2005. I will miss my friend, but, I am hopeful, only for a little while.

This DVD is great!!! Anyone who is interested Pope John Paul II and/or
Andra Bocelli will appreciate this. The producer did a magnificent job by showing the highlights of the Pope's life until his death and funeral.
All along Andrea's excellent voice guides you through the events.
We really enjoyed this!!!

First of all, I will state I am a devote Roman Catholic who loved and deeply admired Pope John Paul II. I had admired and loved him from the day he was elected Pope. I was glued to the TV at the time of his death, even now I miss him greatly as he had such great charisma with all people. So to hear of this DVD, that I did not know existed and to find out my most beloved opera/pop singer was the voice behind the scenes of Blessed John Paul's life and death, it was a must have for me. I certainly was not disappointed. I just sit and listen and the tears run down my face from the absolute beauty of voice mixed with pictures. The voice of Mr. Bocelli is so beautiful, and combined with the images it just about takes my breath away. Whoever did the synchronization of this DVD with the pictures of the Pope's funeral and reflections of his life mixed with the unmistakable voice of the Master, Andrea Bocelli is a real genius. It is so well done, so respectful and so well choreographed, this is a masterpiece; a work of art. This is worth so much more then money can express. No matter what the album the voice of Mr. Bocelli goes right through me, and it just stirs something deep with in me that is close to a deeply religious experience. Buy this today!! I want to thank Amazon.com as they recommended this DVD to me, a great recommendation.

It was an excellent choice when I decided to buy this DVD. So many friends have seen it, and it's simply spectacular and make all of us very emotional about it. If you want to keep a good video about the life of Pope John Paul II, this is it!!!I reccommend it 100%!

This is a beautiful tribute to Pope John Paul II. It is absolutely magnificently choreographed with the beautiful voice of Andrea Bocelli singing the equally beautiful Sacred Arias. I highly recommend this.

This is a very moving and inspirational tribute to Pope John Paul II. The combination of Andrea Bocelli's voice/music with the life/death of John Paul is simply beautiful. It lifts you to a new level of appreciation for John Paul's legacy.

I cannot review this CD at this time because the CD cannot be played. I am returning it to Amazon for a working one.

On the back of the dvd it reads: "Credo: A movie on John Paul II - His Life."

First of all, this is not a movie, and does not say anything about his life. This is just one hour of footage from his funeral, intermixed with 5-10 second clips from his visits to places around the world - mostly just him waving his arm hello, or reciting prayers or giving speeches.

It is not presented chronologically, there is no story line or narrative, and it would not help you understand who is was, what he stood for, and what he even did with his time on this earth, except for be the pope, wave to an audience and give a few speeches.

Not a movie but a video scrapbook. May be interesting for people not interested in learning about him, but simply watching him, dead and alive.