Warsaw, 13 March 2023.
STATEMENT
Center for Life and household attacks on the character and teaching of St John Paul II
In the face of increased media attacks on the individual of St.John Paul II, who undermine the good name of the Polish Pope, undermine his holiness and merit for the Church and Homeland, and effort to disavow his moral teaching, we express our strong opposition and reject accusations which, as experts say, have been made without critical origin analysis.
In addition, we are outraged to see how any political factions usage the figure of the Pope, treating him in a dirty political game. erstwhile it is convenient, politicians act in his defense. Unfortunately, too this time, his teaching, especially regarding life and family, is not always promoted and implemented.
We believe that the ongoing harassment is proof of the worldview, ideological and cultural-political conflict against the Church and its leaders, which strives to remove religion from the social space and yet to full atheistic society.
St.John Paul II – Pope of the Family, we recognise as a prominent Pole and a large saint whose life and pontificate fell during hard times of the turn of the era. His unquestionable contribution to the overthrow of the “iron curtain” and the fall of communism in Europe, and the introduction of the Church in the III millennium, inspires our deep respect and gratitude.
Being a spiritual guide to respective generations of Poles, he shaped morality and marked a difficult, but certain way to holiness, which is our work and purpose.
St. John Paul II recalled the existence of "non-negotiable values", a universal dimension which in the most basic way defends the life, dignity and well-being of the human individual and its right to development, constituting an inviolable foundation of the life of the human community.
As a tireless promoter and advocate of the civilization of life and love, he uncompromisingly appealed for the protection of life from conception to natural death. He called for peculiar responsibility, in particular, for Christian politicians and legislators.
The attacks on the Holy Pope, which hit the Church and Catholics in Poland, confirm the importance and greatness of its teaching. However, they are besides an effort to make distrust and hostility towards Catholic religion and the Church, especially among the most susceptible young generation. Without a solid cognition of historical realities and papal teaching, they will be easy to manipulate in the hands of leftist and liberal environments, whose aim is to destruct the planet of values based on a strong foundation of religion and Christian morality.
Therefore, as an environment bringing together defenders of life and family, afraid about the destiny of our Homeland and the Church, as well as long-standing organizers of the Marches for Life and Family, we powerfully condemn the unparalleled "attack" at St. John Paul II, stand up for his teaching and holiness and call for prayer for his intercession in the intention of our nation and faithful Catholics.
Center for Life and Family
