By Dawn Beutner, Catholic World Report - ...throughout history, there have been four men who have reigned in such an extraordinary way that the Catholic laity have spontaneously given them the title of “the Great” after their deaths... the great popes can teach us important lessons about how an ordinary man can become an extraordinary pope, by God’s grace. Specifically, Popes Leo I, Gregory I, Nicholas I, and John Paul II show that a man can be a strong leader, a great man, and a faithful Catholic while bearing the heavy responsibility of being the chief shepherd of the Church of Jesus Christ.