in communist polling at the time. there is this defiance to take shape at a very early age. wojtyla holds secret masses in the mountains, preaching the importance of spirituality and religious freedom to his young congregation. he would have been happy to be a parish priest pofor his whe life, but that wasn t to be. particularly because of his counseling to young people, he became greatly respected by the hierarchy of the vatican. in 1958, he is named aux illy bishop of cracow. the other bishops and cardinals said this is someone who has a lot of promise. and in 1962, the young bishop from poland will make a splash at a vatican counsel where he catches not only the attention of the pope but the entire world.