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« Reply #140 on: November 17, 2022, 07:33:57 PM »

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252822/archdiocese-of-madrid-pays-debt-to-john-paul-ii

Archdiocese of Madrid pays ‘debt’ to John Paul II, dedicates cathedral chapel in his honor
By CNA Staff
CNA Newsroom, Nov 16, 2022 / 08:30 am

The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Madrid dedicated Nov. 13 a new chapel in honor of St. John Paul II, the pope who consecrated the church in 1993. The dean of the cathedral, Father Jorge Ávila, believes that thus “a debt” has been paid to the Polish pontiff.

The archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Carlos Osoro, presided over the dedication ceremony. The cardinal was accompanied by the Polish ambassador to Spain, Anna Sroka, among other officials from the Slavic country.

To make room for the chapel dedicated to St. John Paul II, a space formerly used for confessions located next to the main sacristy was utilized. To maintain this penitential aspect, the new chapel also has a confessional.
 
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« Reply #141 on: December 07, 2022, 04:09:34 PM »

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253005/journalists-contradict-allegations-of-cover-up-against-john-paul-ii-before-he-was-pope

Journalists contradict allegations of ‘cover up’ against John Paul II before he was pope
By CNA Staff
CNA Newsroom, Dec 7, 2022 / 08:00 am

Journalists investigating secular and Catholic Church sources in Poland have called into question allegations by a Dutch writer that St. John Paul II “covered up” sexual abuse while still a bishop in Poland.

On Dec. 2, Ekke Overbeek, a journalist from the Netherlands living in Poland, said he had found “concrete cases of priests abusing children in the Archdiocese of Krakow, where the future pope was archbishop. The future pope knew about it and transferred them anyway, which led to new victims.”

Overbeek referred to the case of the priest Eugeniusz Surgent and “many others” whom Karol Wojtyla allegedly “covered up.”

The Dutch publication NOS, in which Overbeek’s statements appeared, reported the journalist spent three years combing “Polish archives.”

“Almost all documents collected directly about Wojtyla have been destroyed. However, in other surviving documents, he is mentioned very often. And if you put them all together, they are pieces of a puzzle that give a picture of how he dealt with it,” the writer stated, without saying which archives he was referring to.

Polish journalists Tomasz Krzyżak and Piotr Litka of Rzeczpospolita published an investigation that countered Overbeek’s accusations, stating St. John Paul II did not cover up any abuse and consistently acted against such cases during his time as archbishop of Krakow from 1964 to 1978.
 
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« Reply #142 on: January 14, 2023, 07:10:14 PM »

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-01/pope-to-cubans-continue-walking-together-in-faithful-hope.html

Pope Francis recalls 25th anniversary of JPII's visit to Cuba
14 January 2023, 16:13

As the Church in Cuba celebrates the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s historic visit to the island nation on 21-25 January 1998, Pope Francis sends a letter encouraging Cubans to continue walking together in faithful hope to build a better future.
By Lisa Zengarini

Pope Francis has sent a letter to Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García Rodríguez of San Cristóbal de La Habana, the Bishops and the People of God of Cuba.

He conveyed his blessings and closeness to the Cuban Church, as it marks the 25th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s Apostolic Journey to the country, on 21-25 January 1998.

The message was consigned by Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Prefect Emeritus of the former Congregation for Clergy, who at the time was the Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba, and has been invited to the celebrations.
 
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« Reply #143 on: February 23, 2023, 12:22:40 PM »

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/stanislaw-grygiel-dies-at-89

Professor Stanisław Grygiel, Longtime Friend of John Paul II, Dies at 89
Edward Pentin  February 22, 2023

VATICAN CITY — Stanisław Grygiel, a close friend of Pope St. John Paul II and a respected professor who was an authoritative interpreter of the late pontiff’s teaching on marriage and the family, has died at the age of 89.

The Polish academic and married father of two passed away Feb. 20 in Rome where he had lived since 1980. He had been in poor health for some months but was lecturing as recently as January 2022.

A scholar of high academic achievement, the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences where he taught for many years remembered him as someone “endowed with great intellectual curiosity” who knew how to “transmit to students a liking for research and reflection through a kind, open, friendly and paternal manner.”

The Veritas Amoris Project, an organization Grygiel co-founded that promotes John Paul II’s and Benedict XVI’s teaching on the “truth of love,” paid tribute to the late Polish professor for being a “passionate guide to the truth of love in the communio personarum [communion of persons].”
 
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« Reply #144 on: February 23, 2023, 12:28:37 PM »

https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/02/john-paul-iis-legacy-is-alive-and-well-and-living-in-kyiv

John Paul II’s legacy is alive and well, and living in Kyiv
By John L. Allen Jr.
Feb 23, 2023

ROME – Three leaders of NATO member states – and, as it happens, three Roman Catholic laity deeply involved in politics – all issued stirring defenses of Ukraine this week, as the one-year anniversary of its war with Russia approaches tomorrow.

US President Joe Biden delivered a forceful speech in Warsaw Tuesday in which he vowed that the free world “will not tire” in its support for Ukraine, thundering that “tyrants” such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin only understand the word “no,” while his host, Polish President Andrzej Duda, insisted that “Ukraine must win this war.”

At the same moment that Biden and Duda’s tête-à-tête was playing out, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was in the Ukrainian city of Bucha, site of a 2022 massacre by Russian forces that left nearly 500 people dead, to tell Ukrainians that Italy “will be with you until the end.”

“You’re not alone,” Meloni told the Ukrainians. “We will fight for your freedom.”

In his own speech Tuesday, Duda explicitly cited the example of Pope John Paul II, whose support of the Solidarity movement in Poland in the late 1970s and 1980s helped set the dominos in motion that led to the collapse of the Soviet empire.

“The Pope, St. John Paul II, spoke of solidarity,” Duda said. “Nobody can oppose what we obtained through solidarity. Thanks to our efforts, we broke the chain of communism and we entered the free world. We helped open up the Iron Curtain.”

“This was thanks to human solidarity, and today it allows us to help the Ukrainians,” the Polish leader said.
 
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« Reply #145 on: March 09, 2023, 04:48:44 PM »

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253820/polish-bishops-dispute-accusations-of-pope-st-john-paul-ii-sex-abuse-cover-ups

Polish bishops: New allegation that JPII covered up sex abuse based on reports from communist secret police
By Tyler Arnold
Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2023 / 15:30 pm

The Polish Bishops’ Conference says that “further archival research” is needed to fairly assess a new allegation, based on communist secret police records, that St. John Paul II covered up child sexual abuse by a priest while serving as the archbishop of Krakow, Poland, prior to becoming pope.

The allegation was included in a documentary broadcast March 6 on Polish television channel TVN24.

The same TV report also cited two other instances where St. John Paul II, then Archbishop Karol Wojtyla, allegedly relocated Father Eugeniusz Surgent and Father Jozef Loranc to new parishes despite being aware that they had been accused of sexually abusing minors. However, those allegations, first made by a Dutch journalist on Dec. 2 of last year, were quickly refuted later that month by a pair of investigative journalists, the Polish bishops noted in a statement released March 7.

The journalists, Tomasz Krzyżak and Piotr Litka, found that St. John Paul II did not cover up any abuse and consistently acted against such cases during his time as archbishop of Krakow from 1964 to 1978.
 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-book-pope-john-paul-ii-stirs-up-heated-debate-polish-politics-2023-03-09/
March 9, 202311:12 AM CST  Last Updated 7 hours ago
New book on Pope John Paul II stirs up heated debate in Polish politics
By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska and Anna Wlodarczak-semczuk
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« Reply #146 on: March 10, 2023, 07:50:57 PM »

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253841/in-poland-disputed-report-about-john-paul-ii-abuse-coverup-sparks-political-uproar

In Poland, lawmakers condemn disputed report about John Paul II abuse cover-up
By Kevin J. Jones
Denver, Colo., Mar 10, 2023 / 16:00 pm

Polish lawmakers denounced a documentary alleging that when he was a cardinal and archbishop in Poland, Pope St. John Paul II covered up alleged child sexual abuse committed by priests.

“There are those who are trying to stir up not a military conflict, but a culture war here in Poland,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a video posted to Twitter March 8. “I stand in defense of our beloved pope, like most of my fellow citizens, because I know that as a nation we owe a lot to John Paul.”

On Thursday, Poland’s Parliament passed a resolution in defense of the former pope that “strongly condemns the disgraceful media smear campaign, largely based on the documents of communist Poland’s machinery of violence, against the great pope, St. John Paul II, the greatest Pole in history.”
 

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/03/09/poland-summons-american-ambassador-over-report-critical-of-pope-john-paul-ii-on-us-owned-station/
Poland summons American ambassador over report critical of Pope John Paul II on US-owned station
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« Reply #147 on: March 28, 2023, 04:34:47 PM »

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/primate-pope-president-knights-of-liberty

Wyszyński, John Paul II and Reagan Saluted as ‘Knights of Liberty’
These three men contributed, both individually and jointly, to the overthrow of communism behind the Iron Curtain in Europe.
John Grondelski 
March 24, 2023

Blessed Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Pope St. John Paul II and President Ronald W. Reagan were all described as modern “Knights of Liberty” for their roles in bringing down European communism in the 1980s and 90s during an international conference at the Victims of Communism Memorial Museum in Washington on Thursday.

Panelists from the United States and Poland spoke about how the three men contributed, both individually and jointly, to the overthrow of communism behind the Iron Curtain in Europe. Major speakers included papal biographer George Weigel, European Member of Parliament Ryszard Legutko, and Bishop Sławomir Oder who, as postulator, handled John Paul’s canonization process. Other panelists included Jan Kotański, Poland’s former ambassador to the Vatican; Profs. Zbigniew Stawrowski, John Radziłowski, Marek Chodakiewicz. Henry Nau, Lee Edwards, Paul Kengor, and Victims of Communism personnel, including Dr. Elizabeth Spalding and Ambassador Andrew Bremberg.
 
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« Reply #148 on: April 16, 2023, 10:47:47 AM »

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252052/twenty-years-ago-john-paul-ii-entrusted-the-world-to-divine-mercy-with-this-prayer

Pope John Paul II declared Divine Mercy Sunday a feast 23 years ago
By Zelda Caldwell
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 16, 2023 / 06:00 am

On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina Kowalska and declared the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. This year, we celebrate the feast on April 16.

In his devotion, Pope John Paul II entrusted the world to divine mercy two years later, when he consecrated the International Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki, Poland.

Standing before the image of divine mercy, the pope said: “I wish solemnly to entrust the world to divine mercy. I do so with the burning desire that the message of God’s merciful love, proclaimed here through St. Faustina, may be made known to all the peoples of the earth and fill their hearts with hope.”
 
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/251031/divine-mercy-sunday-2022-plenary-indulgence
Divine Mercy Sunday 2023: Here’s how to obtain a plenary indulgence
By Joe Bukuras
Boston, Mass., Apr 15, 2023 / 06:00 am

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/3523/pope-john-paul-left-message-for-divine-mercy-sunday
Read the message for Divine Mercy Sunday that Pope John Paul II wrote just before he died
By CNA Staff
Vatican City, Apr 16, 2023 / 08:00 am

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254109/pope-francis-defends-st-john-paul-ii-against-offensive-conjectures-from-brother-of-missing-vatican-girl
Pope Francis defends St. John Paul II against ‘offensive conjectures’ from brother of missing ‘Vatican girl’
By Hannah Brockhaus
Vatican City, Apr 16, 2023 / 06:10 am

https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2023/04/brother-of-missing-vatican-girl-walks-back-insinuations-against-john-paul-ii
Brother of missing ‘Vatican girl’ walks back insinuations against John Paul II
By Elise Ann Allen
Apr 15, 2023
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