Pope John Paul II died 18 years ago, but the “greatest Pole in history” still casts a long shadow, and his reputation is set to be a big issue in the forthcoming general election in Poland.
KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) Eighteen years after the death of St. John Paul II April 2, 2005, his native Poland remembered him with vigils and marches.
The biggest one a crowd of an estimated tens of thousands of faithful marched through the streets of the capital, Warsaw. Similar marches were organized in cities and towns across the country.
The crowds marking Pope John Paul II s death anniversary were not as large as they had been in the first years after his death, and since his 2014
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Thousands of Poles joined marches Sunday in defense of the late pope, St. John Paul II, following a TV documentary that alleged he covered up child sex abuse involving clergy in his native Poland before his election as pontiff.