JP2 ‘brought Church into third millennium’
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John Beauchamp
27.04.2014 06:00
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JP2 ‘brought Church into third millennium’ - Michał Kubicki meets Father Wiesław Dawidowski, an Augustinian monk based in Warsaw.
On the historic day of the canonisation of two Popes - John XXIII and John Paul II - we look at the meaning of the event for Catholics around the world and about the legacy of Pope John Paul II.
A Polish presence at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican ahead of the canonisation of John XXIII and John Paul II, 25.04.2014 Photo PAP/Radek Pietruszka
On this historic occasion, reporter Michał Kubicki meets Father Wiesław Dawidowski, an Augustinian monk based in Warsaw.
In Father Dawidowski’s view, the Polish pope will always be remembered as ‘a pope of the inter-religious dialogue, of meeting with the Jews; also as the first pope who was ready to beat his chest and make an act of public penance on the day of bringing the Church into the third millennium.’
An image of Pope John Paul II hangs from the Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, 25.04.2014, ahead of the Polish pontiff's canonisation. Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka