"UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today said he was "deeply saddened" by the death of Pope John Paul II and called him "a tireless advocate of peace."

"I was deeply saddened by the death of Pope John Paul II," he said. "Quite apart from his role as a spiritual guide to more than a billion men, women and children, he was a tireless advocate of peace, a true pioneer in interfaith dialogue and a strong force for critical self-evaluation by the Church itself." Full Story