Show StandanMExcnsiner inouca iwsji jttMu Pope brought acfivisim to church By VICTOR L SIMPSON Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Ten years ago Karol Wojtyla of Krakow Poland assumed the papacy ushering in a decade of activism that has seen Pope John Paul II travel the world attempt to bring an unruly flock into line and suffer the jolt of schism in the ranks He has drawn the admiration of many as he assumes the role of a world leader on matters of peace and social justice speaking out on causes ranging from the rights of Latin American peasants to the plight of Palestinians He has also upset many Roman Catholics in the United States and elsewhere by his consistent doctrinal conservatism No pope has ever traveled so much and delivered so many speeches embarking on a path to prepare his church for the next century when the Vatican expects there will be 1 billion Roman Catholics in the world The 10 years have allowed the pope to conservatives in key place dioceses and in the Curia the church’s central administration and to put his people into the College of Cardinals which serves as an advisory body and elects his successor From the Vatican there have been crackdowns on dissent the censuring of several prominent theologians Among North American and Western European Catholics have been signs of alienation and a feeling among some women that John Paul is unsympathetic to their aspirations The pope was particularly upset when traditionalist French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre ordained new bishops on June 30 without his approval provoking the first significant schism in the church in more than a century The pope was described as deeply pained and bishops asked Catholics to rally around him Wounded in an assassination attempt seven years ago and now 68 John Paul has perhaps slowed down a step He often appears tired and drawn although Vati-Se- e POPE on Page 4 like-mind- tiiiiibat - jiAM Ss JKuMM jsSfew l'VW v M&Ctahfsr' £& Sr 4 Kr'-5' 1 ' Ttam UnuiE iifa®o- f October 22 1G3 A £ - ' |