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23 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]
I met Pope John Paul II four times in my life. The first one in 1982, during the visit to Portugal, the second in Czestochowa in 1991, and the other two again in Portugal.
Beside the important political role of JPII in destroying the communism, the first atheist regimen in human history, for me, the most important aspect of JPII was his ability to really suffer with everyone's problems, and to make God attractive, by his word, his voice praying, and by his suffering.
It's almost imposible not to believe in God when we saw JPII praying, by holding the Rosary in his hand.
I met Pope John Paul II four times in my life. The first one in 1982, during the visit to Portugal, the second in Czestochowa in 1991, and the other two again in Portugal.
Beside the important political role of JPII in destroying the communism, the first atheist regimen in human history, for me, the most important aspect of JPII was his ability to really suffer with everyone's problems, and to make God attractive, by his word, his voice praying, and by his suffering.
It's almost imposible not to believe in God when we saw JPII praying, by holding the Rosary in his hand.