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John Paul II and the European IdealThere are no doubts on St John Paul II’s credentials to be considered co-Patron of Europe. He was one of Europe’s most outstanding figures; one of the few in the twentieth century who understood that one could be a great patriot and European.
John Paul II did not avoid difficult issuesKarol Wojtyła, St. John Paul II, was born in the year of the Battle of Warsaw when Poland saved Europe from Soviet communism invasion.
John Paul II ahead of his timeIn times of progressive atomisation and anomie of social life, he was focusing on solidarity as a fundamental rule of collective life.
The Pole Who Opened Our Eyesn truth, it was him who, by his sheer presence, did away with what historian François Furet calls "the universal charm of October"...
Il polacco che ci aprì gli occhiIn realtà fu lui che, con la sua stessa presenza, affrontò ciò che lo storico François Furet chiamava “il fascino universale dell’Ottobre”.
A non-Italian pope and one from behind the Iron Curtain!In Ireland John Paul II is most remembered for his heartfelt plea in Drogheda – greeted by wild applause - “in language of passionate pleading” to th...
Giovanni Paolo II - uno dei grandi liberatoriGiovanni Paolo II insistette a collegare la vera libertà umana alla verità, soprattutto alla verità morale.
The continuing importance of John Paul IIJohn Paul II insisted on the linkage between genuine human freedom and truth, especially moral truth.
L'eredità di un “Ragazzo polacco”Giovanni Paolo II fu il primo Papa ad apprezzare il ruolo di uno stato di diritto democratico e di un’economia di libero mercato.
John Paul II, the last European popeIn some sense John Paul II was the last European pope: he was the successor to the last Italian popes (Paul VI and the very brief papacy of John Paul ...
Legacy of the “boy from Poland”John Paul II was also the first Pope to have acknowledged the role of the democratic state of law and free-market economy.
True Peace, True FaithSt. John Paul II made history in February 1981 becoming the first pontiff to visit Japan, a non-Christian country with a deep and faithful hidden Chri...
The Pope of Solidarity This legacy of St John Paul II resonates strongly as we navigate our way through the Covid-19 crisis.
