Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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We did something that no one else had ever done.
There was such an excitement and energy about this moment.
It opened the door for everything that rapidly followed.
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Chapter 2: What were the key moments during Pope John Paul II's visit to New Zealand in 1986?
And the Māori people, they had the area almost right in front of the altar and everything, and we were immediately to the left of them. And of course, being so good with languages, he did it all in English, which was fabulous. So that made it really easy to follow, easy to understand and that.
In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
His outer vestment was white, and he wore his mitre and everything like that, but I mean, he didn't celebrate Mass with that on. He took it off when he got up onto the stage. It was just so moving seeing this person all in white leading everybody, and all the Catholic people, just thousands and thousands of people,
just so enthused and following, you know, and I think it was genuine for many, many people, this following of it. It wasn't sort of, oh, the Pope says it, let's do it sort of thing. I think it was a bit more than that. It was very uplifting spiritually, very much so, knowing that you were being guided and directed by the head of the church, you know, the number one.
Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, I rejoice to be in your midst.
Indeed, I rejoice that it has been possible for me to come to God's house here, that is, to the people of God, the Church of Auckland, the Church in New Zealand,
Photographs of the time show some members of the crowd took the religious occasion as a chance to demonstrate their political beliefs. Alongside flags are some banners of the Polish Solidarity Trade Union. It encouraged protest against the government and was banned by the communist authorities in the Pope's home country.
For Michael, who'd visited Poland just a few years before, it was important to show support publicly. If I wore a solidarity button or a T-shirt, I would have more than likely been arrested over there because when I was there, I remember in 1984, 85, the only place you would see solidarity ephemera and things like that was within the church.
But if you stepped outside wearing something solidarity, you'd have either got thumped over the head or you'd have been arrested and ordered to remove it. We had the freedom to do it here and also being so far away, we were showing our solidarity with the Poles who were still in the country.
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