"A modern State cannot make atheism or religion one of its political ordinances.
~ Pope John Paul II
#popejohnpaulii #johnpaulii #jpii #politics #government #religion #religions #atheism #fanaticism #secularism #freedomofreligion #spirituality #quote #quotes #rememberthis #faith #thisispolitical #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ
For Catholics, the Pope Is a Holy Father. For the World, He Is a Powerful Voice
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/world/asia/pope-leo-voice-platform.html
“He kept the same position that [Pope] John Paul II had when the wall [separating Jerusalem and Bethlehem] started to be built, where he said the Holy Land needed bridges and not walls. That was repeated by Pope Francis, who stood heavily for the right of the Palestinian people for self-determination.”
Abu Eid
#OnThisDay in 1999, Opening of St Peter's Holy Door by Pope #JohnPaulII in approach of 3rd millennium.
#OnThisDay in 2005, U.S. debut of the second part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope #JohnPaulII" on CBS.
#OnThisDay in 2005, U.S. debut of the first part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope #JohnPaulII" on CBS.
#OnThisDay in 2003, #MotherTeresa of Calcutta is beatified by Pope #JohnPaulII.
« Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but having the right to do what we ought. »
― John Paul II
🔗 · https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/726313918641897472/freedom-consists-not-in-doing-what-we-like-but
"including getting booed off-stage at Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary concert, the most disgraceful performance by a Madison Square Garden crowd since the German American Bund meeting in 1939."
"[W]hen Sinead tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of the Church's massive conspiracy to obstruct justice on the subject of child sexual abuse, she put herself out there before almost anyone else, and she paid an awful price,"
~ Charles Pierce
#SineadOConnor #Catholic #SexualAbuse #JohnPaulII
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a44654287/sinead-oconnor-dead-54-tribute/
One of problems with attributing "#Franciszkańska 3" to defamatory documentation from the Służba #Bezpieczeństwa
is that not everything fits together
One of these issues are #RembertWeakland's claims,who was Archbishop of #Milwaukee (US)
According to him,Pope #JohnPaulII told him that #AdamSapieha,#KarolVojtyla's mentor, forced seminarians to perform violent sexual acts.
Weakland himself paid his male lover to avoid scandal and transferred priests involved in sexual abuse to other parishes.
Upon his death,life of #JohnPaulII was examined by Congregation for the Causes of Saints and they voted that former #Pope followed a life of virtue
He was beatified and later canonized in 2013 Jul.05 after recognizing that thanks to his intercession a #Miracle took place: a nun was cured of #Parkinson's disease and therefore he is Saint now
If it is proven to be true this thing about underage girls, we may be facing one of the biggest scandals in recent History.
Pope Francis spoke out against insinuations
In regards to the case of dear young Emanuela
He said the accusations
Against Saint John Paul II
Are false and offensive, so let us be clear
But where is little Emanuela?
The question still remains after forty years
#christianity only has enough money to try and conquer atheists lol. #putin? Ah, let that dude kill and mame entire communities and cities. If I was the church, I would get as many of my #craziest followers some armament and I would ship them to the front line after some training. #johnPaulii did that! He was actually out there with a riffle covered in dirt. Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe putin's guys are "the atheists" ? Shit it could be me! I could be an #atheist! This is horrible!
John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) was #Catholic #Pope from 1978 until his death on this day in 2005. Pictured here is a #Vatican 100 Lire from 20 years earlier, 1985, featuring a plane flying over the countries of the Earth, spreading the Gospels. And one of my favourite clips of him: a crowd of young people in St Peter's Square for World Youth Day 2000 are chanting "John Paul II, we love you!", and he responds "John Paul II, he loves you!":
Pope John Paul II and pedophile priests becomes Poland’s a top political issue. The country’s ruling party wants to convert reports that the pontiff turned a blind eye toward child abuse into electoral rocket fuel.
Although the canonized Polish pontiff has been dead since 2005, he’s become the hottest subject in Poland following an explosive documentary alleging that he protected priests accused of sexually molesting children.
https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-politics-pope-john-paul-ii-election/
@johnwlast Yes. It's very odd that more people don't make note of that. ALSO Ratzinger's political rise in the church was largely based on his status as a theologian & his shaping of the theological track during #JohnPaulII 's pontificate was his most important legacy (for better and worse)
“New report on clergy abuse during John Paul II's tenure in Poland sparks intense debate”
https://www.pontificalsecret.com/clergy-abuse-john-paul-ii/
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