On the other side of the balance sheet, and despite his global outreach, Pope John Paul II cannot be described as particularly ecumenical. The beginnings of Christian ecumenicism under his predecessors did not advance much in his 25 years.
从另外一个方面来说，尽管他的影响遍布全球，却不能用尤为普遍来形容约翰·保罗二世。他的前任主教所推行的基督教大公运动在他在位的25年间进展寥寥。