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...millions. Babies, brought to be kissed or blessed. Grandmothers in bandannas. The teenage young flocking to him like rock fans afflicted with Beatlemania. Hard-faced coal miners, pampered by the workers' party, gathering around him by tens of thousands and roaring out the words of the hymn Christus Vincit (Christ Conquers), while the first Polish Pope in the history of the Catholic Church sang right along with them in his fine baritone...
...quite the same. John Paul had a mission on his mind, just as he did in visiting Mexico. There the Pope laid out a clear but complex policy for social action in Latin America and, by extension, for his worldwide church of 700 million. In Poland, the contest between Christ and Marx is far more explicit than in Latin America. Every papal gesture, every deft historical reference had political connotations in this setting. The week saw the first great public outpouring of religious and nationalistic fervor permitted since the Communists took command of Eastern Europe. Even though he never once...
...bouquet. Obviously moved, John Paul spoke of "my native land, to which I remain deeply attached by the roots of my life, of my heart, of my vocation." Poland, he told the group at the airport, "through the course of history has been linked with the Church of Christ and the See of Rome by a special bond of spiritual unity...
...CHURCH AND CHURCH WITH THE NATION. At the historic St. John's Cathedral, the congregation broke through ropes and mobbed the Pontiff. The day's climax was an open-air Mass for up to 500,000 people at downtown Victory Square. When John Paul declared, "Without Christ it is impossible to understand the history of Poland," the crowd burst into applause that lasted fully ten minutes, while spontaneous singing of the hymn Christ Conquers spread like a tidal wave...
...talk about persecution, but there is constant harassment." Religion classes remain outside the schools, and, more important, parents are pressured not to send their children. Religious broadcasts are forbidden, even of Masses that could comfort invalids. A notable exception was the four-hour telecast of Figure of crucified Christ in modernistic Nowa Huta church John Paul's installation at the Vatican. National coverage of three of this week's events has been scheduled...