>> christ is the redeemer of man. this was the theme of of his first encyclical and the thread which runs through all of the others. when karol jozef wojtyla ascended to the throne of peter he brought with him a deep understanding of the difference between marxism and christianity. based on their respective... of man. this was his message. man is the way of the church. and christ is the way of man. with this message, this was is a great legacy of the second vatican council and of a townsman, the servant of god, pope paul vi, john paul ii led the people of god across the threshold of the third millennium. which, thanks to christ, he was