Max Pearson

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The History Hour · A papal visit and German reunification · 28 Mar 2026 podcast

Paulina Guzik is international editor at the Catholic Wire Service OSB.

So what was it, Paulina, about John Paul II that made him want to be a pontiff who went out to so many countries?

Well, you know, I think that the primary reason why he wanted to be out there is that he wanted to evangelize.

He wanted the message of the gospel to reach every person on the planet.

And he knew, especially that he was from Poland, and I'm also originally from Poland, so my heart is definitely with the Polish pope.

On that one, you know, we were at the time a tightly closed country.

We couldn't visit other countries.

I, as a child, was not traveling to Western Europe because we didn't have passports.

So he wanted to be there with the people.

And he spent two and a half years of his pontificate traveling the globe.

I mean, we can't cover all the trips, but of course, a very special one was the return to Poland.

Yes, the first return to Poland happened in June 1979.

The communists did not agree so that the Pope comes for this famous San Stanisław procession in May.

So the Pope said, OK, so next possible time frame is June.

How about that?

And it turned out that it was Pentecost.

And Pentecost, of course, in the Catholic Church means descending of the Holy Spirit.

And Holy Spirit is someone who enlightens the world and someone who brings change to the world and to nations of this world.

So John Paul II really brought this change.

And I think the pivotal moment was mass change.

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