Max Pearson

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

at Victory Square, what was then Victory Square, and today it's Piłsudski Square in central Warsaw, where he said, do not be afraid and ask the Holy Spirit to renew the face of the earth, the face of this land.

So he highlighted for the Poles that they are capable of changing their country, but bringing the gospel message to the country, he urged Poles to change, but to change the country peacefully.

And when Pope John Paul II died in 2005, I mean, I remember being in St.

Peter's Square in Rome, hundreds of thousands of people poured into Rome, and it was noticeable how young so many of them were, which reflects, if you like, a generation of Catholics renewed by his papacy, and that's a really significant legacy.

I think he left a generation of people who not only believed he was a saint, but they believed he changed their lives.

And I think it's a recollection of many people across the planet that he just changed their own fate, but also the fate of their countries.

It's not only a case of Poland, because, of course, what started with June 1979 and subsequently starting Solidarity Movement, but it also affected countries around Poland.

I mean, John Paul II, along with President Reagan and Prime Minister Thatcher,

were really responsible for starting a peaceful revolution in the whole region, and subsequently it led to the fall of communism.

And we're not only talking about Poland, we're talking about Nicaragua, where John Paul arrives in 1983 and brings this message of liberation from the regime, but a gospel message.

Again, in Chile at the end of the 80s.

So wherever he travels, he brings a message to the gospel,

which subsequently brings democracy to those places.

Promoting the gospel, but he was also inclusive in a different way, in that he would reach out to touch sick people, to be inclusive towards those groups, but also reaching out to promote more harmony between faiths.

Yes, absolutely.

I think that he was a messenger of peace and not only peace in terms of no war, but of peace in terms of dialogue.

We remember very well the Pope visiting the synagogue in Rome.

We remember his meeting in Assisi.

We remember his meetings with Muslim leaders.

And I think those were, you know, at a time, it also brought scandal.

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