"I know, I know." "I'm a little late." "Okay, more than a little, as usual." "Standard Wojtyla Time." "Stasio, you missed a fascinating lunch." "Lejeune has a giant intellect, but his heart is even larger." "I'm sorry, Holiness." "After my trip to Krakow, so many details to take care of." "But at least did you enjoy the kremowki?" "Kremowki?" "I should pay more attention." "Lejeune has wonderful ideas." "Holiness, our delegation to Colombia." "They're leaving tomorrow." "Eduardo, your mission is essential." "Always know that God is with you." "Gracias, senor." "Holiness, I've proofed your meditation on the theology of the body." "Good, good." "It's a very fine piece." "Thank you, Stasio." "We're too far away." "He'll pass right here." "Mikal, please." "Let's get closer." "Okay." "Over there's a good place." "Come on." "Holiness, a gift from our community." "They are 205s." " 205s?" " Yes." " What a thoughtful gift." " Thank you." "Tell your friends I'll put them to good use." "What are they?" "Candles?" "No, skis." "The Ferrari of skis, actually." "Wojtyla Standard Time." "Tomas, how is that little girl of yours?" "Slowly." "Day by day." "Tell her..." "Tell her God loves her and I do, too." "Ferrari of skis." "Very good, Stasio." "Thank you, Holiness." "He touched my hand!" "Ambulance!" "Accelerate!" "Out of the way!" "Where is it, Holiness?" "Where?" "Only there?" "My stomach." "Quickly!" "Quickly!" "My little Lolek, you are a silly goose." "The world is complicated, Lolek." "God is simple." "Holy Mary." "My mother." "I'll show you a simple way." "1, 2, 3." "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit." "Now you." "1, 2, 3." "Back!" "Go!" "Let's go!" "Put it down!" "Careful, careful." "He's losing too much blood." "Go!" "Go!" " Which hospital?" " Gemelli." "Santo Spirit is closer." "He likes Gemelli." "Go quickly!" "Okay." "Ten minutes." "Holiness, we will be at the hospital very soon." "You are finished." "You are finished, little Lolek." "Is that what you think?" "Yeah, I do." "Edmund, you're my big brother, but I'm not finished." "All right, Papa!" "Go, Karol!" "Karol!" "Karol!" "Karol!" " Where are you taking him?" " Sixth floor." "No!" "Ninth floor!" "And surgery?" "We have private rooms." "He needs immediate surgery." "The chief surgeon is absent." "Listen to me." "Call your best surgeon." "Tell him the Pope will be dead if he does not get here immediately!" "He's shot in the stomach." "Diastolic 45 and falling." " Transfusion?" " 43." "41." " What's his blood type?" " It's on record." "O negative." "We have some here." "Through this hole, anoint him." "May the Lord in His love and mercy help you with the grace of the holy..." "Let me through!" "Let me through, please!" "Clear the way." "Anaesthetic." "Instruments." "We must begin." "Diastolic is stabilizing, Doctor." "You will stay with us, Holy Father." "Let's trust in God's help." "We will have the EKG..." "Please start." "Scalpel." "There." "Just as the noble human spirit is trampled on by human rage, it is what must always happen to all that reawakens." "There!" "Just as the body of Orpheus is torn apart by infinite passions." " And you." " And me!" "We sing loudly the songs of judgment and exclaim..." "I suspect Wojtyla has a future." "In the theatre?" "You got to be joking." "Anybody can see Wojtyla is too smart to be an actor." "A life in the theatre happens to be one of the most noble..." "He's also too smart to be noble." "Which, by the way, is a good thing to remember when the Germans invade us." "You think they'II..." "I know." "Corpus Christi." "Bombers are coming!" "They're coming!" "The sky is full!" "This way!" "Karol!" "Karol!" "The Luftwaffe." "Just like Roman said." "What will we do?" "How will we live?" "Father will be worried." "Mama!" "Father?" "For the sake of his mother, his brother, whom you now hold in your lovely arms, protect and guide his way." "Amen." "Father." "They have a single objective." "They want to eliminate Polish culture, intellectuals, artists," "Catholics, Jews." "In a short time, whatever once was Poland will disappear from the Earth." "But it's not possible." "You're an excellent student, Wojtyla, with the makings of a scholar, but I'm afraid your eyes are still very young." "At the beginning of the 19th century, the awakening in Poland was inspired by an instinct for self-preservation, and this is when the Friends of Sciences Association was founded in Warsaw." "Get better marks and you can become Friends of Sciences, too." "You all will remain seated!" "Attend to your studies!" "Professor..." "Don't stop your studies, Karol." "And I beg you, please sit down." "Go!" "All of you, never forget who you are!" "Sit down!" "Where will they take them?" "We'll probably never know." "Never." "But they cannot just take them away like..." "They can, Karol." "Can't you see?" "I've heard what they do." "What we must do in response is kill every one of them." "Thank you, Lord, for showing us your goodness." "We thank you for this food that today keeps us alive and gives us strength to do our duty." "Please, allow every child of yours to have what he needs." " Amen." " Amen." "Fresh potatoes." "My favorite." "Alas, poor Yorick." "I knew him, Horatio." "A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy." "Right now there is no time for Hamlet." "You must get a work permit." "Permit?" "Work at what, Father?" "If you don't have one, you risk being deported to Germany." "Forced labor, is that what you want?" "What I want is to stop them." "No, Karol." "What you must want is to stay alive and to stay Polish." "I have rehearsal." "It's too dangerous at this hour." "Karol." "Forgive me, Father." "You're right." "It is too dangerous." "But in this moment, the theatre is all I have." "Besides your potatoes, of course." "Roman." "Have you been waiting long?" "No." "Just three patrols and a small Panzer division." "Have you eaten?" "Yes, of course." "Veal cutlet and a sweet risotto." "A better actor than me." " Who?" " You." "Here." "My father wanted you to have this." " No." " Yes." "Eat." "Eat." "Before it goes stale." "Now, Roman, please." " What?" " Put it on." "I don't mind you being shot, but not in front of me." "My savory sausage hasn't quite settled yet." "Karol." "Hurry." "Krysztof." "Eva." "Marek, since when have you had an interest in theatre?" "I don't." "Karol, he and Eva came to warn us." "Theatre's no longer allowed." "They banned Chopin and burned his scores." "Polish music is verboten." "They may destroy the scores, burn down the theatres, do whatever they want." "One day this will be over, and as long as there's a single Pole left alive who remembers how to play Chopin," "Polish culture will live on." "How can you be so sure?" "What do you think, Karol?" "They will suddenly go home and be happy to make wienerschnitzel?" " We must fight." " How?" "There are ways with those who..." "Who are not afraid to use weapons." "I could not kill a man." "Never." "I could never do that." "Karol, could you?" "Would you?" "Go on, Karol." "Tell us." "What would you do?" "Stop!" "Nicholas!" "No!" "No!" "Thank you." "In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." "Amen." "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." "Tell me, my son." "I no longer know what to do." "How to feel, how to respond." "I feel..." "I have such anger in my heart, Father." "Such urges to, to..." "Anger is not a sin." "To feel outrage in the face of evil is only normal." "The more important question is... how do you express it?" "I've begun to wonder... if I should take up arms." "You're the altar boy... from Wadowice." "Yes." "Karol Wojtyla, Your Excellency." "I remember." "You wanted to be an actor." "Yes, Excellency." "And now?" "And now a great evil has occupied our country." "They treat us like animals." "They... they murder Jews." "They..." "They shoot children." "Do not fear the men who can kill your body." "Fear him who can destroy your soul." "This is what our Lord tells us." "I don't know what to think anymore." "Wisdom is a grace we must seek from God." "But how can we fight them?" "Violence only leads to more violence." "If you must use a weapon... choose the one they fear the most." "Our faith?" "Yes, our faith... and our intelligence." "Our fine minds." "Yes." "Yes." "Thank you, Excellency." "Wojtyla." "Caution." "What do you know about cutting stones?" "It's what they permit me to do." "I never get to see you." "I'm sorry, Anna." "It's just I've been having so many thoughts about how to resist." "By breaking rocks?" "No, of course not." "But what I think we can do is use theater, you know, literature, poetry, our skill, our imagination... use all of it as a weapon." "What do you mean?" "Well, if what they're trying to do is eliminate any trace of Poland, our objective must be to keep Poland alive." "So... we should create a kind of... kind of subversive theater." "You know?" "Put on plays that..." "that reflect who we are." "You disagree?" "Karol... what will happen to us?" "You and me?" "Tell me, please." "I need to know what you're thinking." "Anna... what I think is..." "What I think is..." "you will have a beautiful future." "You'll find a handsome, talented husband, and five or six..." "What if I've already found him?" "Karol, I must know what you feel." "Anna..." "The times we are living in..." "My heart is already consumed." "Wojtyla... you don't belong here." "Oh?" "Why is that?" "Why?" "Does this look like a library?" "Man does not live by rocks alone." "I remember... my mother always told me," ""You will become what you read."" "And here I am." "It's never too late." "Yeah." "It's poetry." "Cyprian Kamil Norwid." "Cyprian..." ""From Virgil's crafted lays, man's inspiration rises still."" "He gave 20 years of toil for one creative day." "Cyprian Norwid, world-class poet." "And Polish." "Are you a student?" "Used to be." "Well, if those Russians ever get here, you can go back to it." "They will get here." " And when they do..." " They bring us freedom." "And vodka." "Perhaps they will bring vodka... but the Communists will never bring freedom." "Not for us or for anyone." "How can you say this?" "I read a book." "It's called The Manifesto." "It explains what they want to do." "What..." "In fact, what they are already doing." "Oh, really?" "What is that?" "They have created a religion... a religion that's based on man at the center." "And God?" "For the Communists?" "It does not exist." "Nor does the human soul." "They say they are for the worker, but... only if he will give up his freedom and substitute God with the state." "Your letter suggested many restrictions must be imposed in times of war, and this I do understand, but the opportunity to celebrate mass once again at Wawel Cathedral would be viewed with great favor by His Holiness and the Church of Rome." "I apologize, Governor-General, but..." "I'm afraid all we have is what Polish people eat." "Current conditions in Krakow have made it impossible." "But, of course, you already know this." "Archbishop Sapieha, the ranks of the faithful have been known to conceal many traitors who hide behind the robes of the church." "We cannot show any form of compassion to the enemies of the Reich." "We will not tolerate it." "Governor-General..." "I need not remind an eminent lawyer like yourself that prohibiting worship is provocative and will not make your stay in Krakow any easier." "Yeah." "All right." "I will allow you to hold mass twice a week." "No more than that." "In exchange, you must cease training and ordination of new priests." "You will make due with those you already have." "Father." "You should be sleeping." "Both should be sleeping." "Why would a man sleep if he can pound rocks all day, hmm?" "So... how about a roast tonight, huh?" "I'll do my best." "But, uh... go easy on the bearnaise, huh?" "Wait!" "Wait!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "Roman!" "Roman!" "I'm proud to be Polish!" "And just as proud to be Jewish!" "What can I do?" "Nothing even God can do." "I'm a Jew, Karol." "A Jew!" "No!" "Roman!" "Karol." "Stay strong." "You will be needed." "Father?" "Father?" ""All that is harsh and difficult I wanted for myself."" ""And all that is gentle and sweet... for thee."" "So you want to fight evil with plays?" "It's ridiculous." "And naive." "Join with us." "Killing other human beings is not our way." "How can you say that?" "How can you say that when the Gestapo tortures and executes our families and friends?" "Ah, Karol." "At last, with you we have our full company." "What about you, Karol?" "Will you join the fight?" "He's already part of it." "In his own way." "What's that?" "The magic of theater?" "Eva." "We have good news, Karol." "We've been asked to give three more performances just in one week." "Isn't it wonderful?" "Yes, yes." "It's wonderful." "Listen, I have something I want to tell you." "I don't think I'm going to like this." "No, you will." "You will." "You all will... eventually." "You're leaving, aren't you?" "In a way, yes." "In another way..." "I will never leave you." "I've decided to follow my heart." "I'm going to become a priest." "This is a joke, right?" "Doesn't look like one." "You can't do that." "Not you." "God calls me, Tadeusz." "Oh, come on." "You want to give all this up?" "And what about a family?" "Children?" "A wife?" "Faced with this abyss of evil..." "I can only respond with an abyss of love." "Karol." "Krysztof!" "What are you doing here?" "Me, too." "Christianity itself is at stake." "Therefore, it is essential that you never mention your training to anyone." "You must go about your daily lives as if nothing had changed." "At the same time, you must take advantage of every available moment to study and to pray." "Being a priest means serving God, but it also means serving Poland." "This is the highest form of resistance... to give hope to those who have none." "And with God's good grace, we shall succeed." "The Home Army uprising in Warsaw has decimated our troops and continues to prevent a counteroffensive." "And the Red Army is marching in our direction and not so far away." "Yes, but they will be stopped, my general." "Nevertheless, we cannot allow the Poles to rise up as in Warsaw." "It would be a disaster." "Your orders, General-Governor?" "Begin at the center of the city." "Move out in three sectors." "Collect up every able man, every boy big enough to hold a gun, even priests." "And begin immediately." "Heil, General-Governor." "Heil Hitler!" "Heil." "Heil." "Take these to Debniki parish." "It will help guide their escape." "Whatever happens, you must not let this fall into the hands of the Germans." "If you think it might, you must destroy it." " Understand?" " Yes, Excellency." "Someone from the underground will show you the way." "I already know the way and it's probably safer if I go..." "Karol, to be a good leader you must first learn to follow." "Eva." "Ah." "Finally." "You're starting to see the light, huh?" "Yes." " Yes, I am." " Good." "Then, stay behind no less than five minutes." "If there's trouble, I'll come back." "If you see me in trouble, do not be a hero." "I've always admired your courage, Eva." "Never more than now." "I must have your word as a man of God... or I will not take you." "Please, come with us." "Of course." "Are you alone?" "Not many of us left, I'm afraid." "If you're not alone, I will shoot you in five seconds." "One." "Two." "Three." "Four." "We came too late." "Quick, we must go." "Why?" "What happened?" "Listen to me." "To survive you must remain in the present moment." " Krys..." "Krysztof!" " Karol!" "I can't wait for you." "Karol!" "Karol!" "Krysztof." "Don't." "You can't help her." "I must do something!" "It's too late." "Follow me." "Wait here." "Marek, what are you..." "No!" "Lord, most merciful God... welcome this man's soul." "Forgive him his sins." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Stubborn." "You're a fool, you know that?" "You could have killed us both." "You didn't have to take their lives." " They were German." " They were human beings, Marek." "No, for what they do to us, they do not deserve to live." "God decides that, not you." "You're a dreamer, Wojtyla, and you know nothing about life." "When you see your sister's throat cut, your grandfather's head caved in because a couple of Germans are bored and want something to do, then you can tell me." "I'll tell you what you need to hear, and I will go on telling you and people just like you until God calls me home." "Evil only begets evil." "It can only be overcome by God's love!" "Because of people like me a few more priests like you will live." "And your church will go on." "On and on and on." "No wonder they call it opium for the masses." "One day, God may use you too, Marek." "Sure He will." "I can hardly wait." "Karol." "Oh, my God." "Karol." "It's me, Anna." "He recognizes you." "He'll be all right." "Krysztof." "I saw..." "Here." "Oh, Krysztof." "How does God choose... one to live and another to die?" "How does He..." "Eva." "What did they do with Eva?" "Karol, what matters is that you get out of here." "God is merciful." "Is it true?" "The Germans have gone?" "The horror has lifted." "But what takes its place..." "I'm not so sure." "The Provisional Government of National Unity intends to remove what remains of the German population and reinvigorate the historic Polish culture that has flourished since the 12th century." "My friends, the face of the new Poland will be Polish." "More than this, just a few months ago, we signed an historic treaty of friendship, mutual aid, and cooperation with our Soviet brothers." "Any questions?" "Excellence." "As Krakow's representative to this Provisional Government of National Unity, perhaps you can tell us what has become of the 16 leaders of the Polish underground kidnapped by our brothers in the Soviet secret police?" "These men you speak of were arrested as Nazi collaborators." "They will stand trial in Moscow." "And if they..." "Comrade Czerny... you were born in Poland." "But, as I understand it, educated in Russia?" "That is correct, Excellence." "And now you have come home the prodigal son." "You remember the parable?" "The son who was lost and then was found?" "The one who returned home and said, "Father, forgive me."" ""I have sinned against Heaven and against You."" ""And I am no longer worthy to be called Your son."" "But this is not you." "Is it?" "Thank you all for coming." "This meeting is concluded." "This priest has got to be moved." "It won't be that easy to remove the light of Poland." "Excellent." "University of Krakow." "You're a hard-working man." "Very impressive academic scores." "And during the war?" "Oh, yes." "If my information is correct, with the resistance?" "The Polish Home Army?" " Well, I..." " No, no, no, no, no, no." "You should be proud, comrade." "Brave men are hard to find." "Welcome." "Thank you... comrade." "Processing." "No, wait, wait, wait, wait." "I'm not your enemy." "Today, no." "Tomorrow, perhaps you are." "Beautiful renaissance." "I have to say your Soviet architects are excellent." "There'll be no city like it in all of Poland." "Built from dust, unblemished by history, a modern steel mill, thousands of spacious apartments, parks." "How will you convince people to move there?" "Guaranteed jobs, housing included." "Who can resist a worker's paradise?" "We call it Nova Huta, New Town." "There's no church there." "It's not necessary." "A paradise without the church, comrade?" "What's his strength?" "He's awaiting a professorship in social ethics." "Eminence." "And just what we need." "Another intellectual priest." "With all respect, Archbishop Wyszynski, there are many of us who..." "I understand you... knew him?" "One by one, they are hunting down the members of the Home Army." "They know that they will go underground again, anyone who was a part of it and tried to spoil their plans for Communist Poland." "There are many ways to spoil such plans." "If you wish to survive, you have to understand." "Yes." "Thank you, Excellency." "I also tell you this because I am told that there are many young people in Poland who count on you." "Where does he go next?" "I've assigned Father Karol to St. Florian's." "Oh, a school." "Students." "Very good." "There he is." "They'll make him a Monsignor sooner or later." " Teresa." " Yeah?" "Look." "Look at him." "I thought there was a rule about priests giving sermons outside the holy walls." " Then why would I give one?" " I think you're a priest who likes danger." "No, not at all." "But there's no reason to be afraid of it." "Even so, I think it's a bad idea to call you Father Karol when we're not in church." "Yes." "You need a new name." "I answer to almost anything." "Do the stuffed shirts in the curia know you discuss sex with us?" "Listen, sexuality is dear to God... as long as it is an expression of true love." "It is the method we use to give ourselves to another person." "Not for fun or for a moment... but completely." "Sexuality expressed in an irresponsible moment is only another way that we can dehumanize each other." "Isn't there already too much of that?" "Yes." "Yes." "True love leads us straight to God who blesses the union between husband and wife." "And then what?" "Then he impatiently awaits grandchildren, after marriage, of course." "After marriage." "Thank God." "Good, good." " Now, come on." "Let's go." " Karol." "Papers and permits." "This doesn't explain your work." "Yes, well..." "I'm still looking for a suitable job, but I'm looking." "He's jogging." "We're in training." "Aren't you tall to be a student?" "My uncle is old, all right." " And boring." " Yes, very boring." "Yes, yes." "Boring." "Coaches are boring." "Is that what you are?" "As you see." "You have to leave now." " This region is private." " Region?" "You mean the river?" "Since when?" "Since ten minutes ago." "Yes, yes, we will go." "Thank you." "Do widzenia." "So now what, Uncle Karol?" "He said we should leave, but they didn't say how." "Amen." "Thank you, Holy Father, for allowing me to be present." "The time has come." "Karol... trust God." "He has a plan for a reason." "In you, he has placed a gift." "Honor it." "I will do whatever God asks." "May God depend on you." "Sapieha was bourgeois to the bone." "But very influential." "I remember when I was a child..." "Now the so-called light of Poland has gone out." "We must quickly take advantage of the Church's weakness." "How?" "You could consider declaring Catholic schools illegal." "Their public assistance and charity programs could be place directly under state control." "As for the Church, the state could hold power of veto over any ecclesiastic appointment." "This is curious." " It doesn't include Wojtyla." " Wojtyla?" "Karol Wojtyla." "He's professor of social ethics." "Spends his time camping with students." "With students?" "That is forbidden." "It's probably why Wyszynski doesn't support him." "Too intellectual, too impressionable." "Sounds like the perfect candidate." "The Holy See has appointed you auxiliary Bishop of Krakow." "But your Eminence, I am only 38." "A weakness you will soon overcome." "Forgive me, but how did my name..." "They turned down every other I suggested." "The communists say that there's no room for God in their new city." "That is what they say." "They don't understand." "He's already there." "Whatever you may be thinking, we cannot afford a head-on collision which will result in pain and bloodshed." "We must work with them." "Apparently there is an open area where a church could be built." "Amen." "Freedom to worship is a sacrosanct right of workers, all workers!" "And the fact that we are all here together demonstrates that this Catholic community is already a reality!" "As we stand here in the middle of Nowa Huta, there is already a church!" "Amen." "Poland has found a new light to guide us out of darkness." "Your report suggested that this priest was a dreamer and a poet." "Fundamentally benign." "You said he would be open to persuasion." "He could be manipulated and controlled." "Yes, I know, comrade Secretary." "But our feelings about this were..." "Comrade Czerny, Nowa Huta is your responsibility." "Yes, comrade Secretary." "Such events cannot be allowed to happen." "And it won't." "Comrade Secretary," "I've asked Moscow to allow Comrade Daszkow to remain in Krakow." "To advise on the details of the civic processions." "Excellency." "They're removing our cross from Nowa Huta." "What should we do?" "Next Christmas, we shall put it back." "And then?" "We will put it back until it stays." "Sister Baczka tells me you like to ski, yes?" "I do, yes." "She also mentioned you are skilled at repairs." "I'm afraid that one of mine had a confrontation with a tree last season." " May I?" " Please, please." "Father Stanislaw, do you realize how many centuries we carried the framed image of the Madonna of Czestochowa through the streets of Krakow?" "It's a shame it's forbidden right now." "Especially at a time when our people need her inspiration." " But the commies have forbidden..." " Yes, yes, I know." "They've banned the public exhibition of all religious images." "But..." "They haven't forbidden a simple religious procession, have they?" " You have great potential." " As an art thief?" "I was thinking more like my personal assistant." "However, I must warn you, you will have your hands full." "I never thought the day would come that I'd miss Sapieha." "Comrade Czerny." "Moscow has ordered my return." "That's a shame." "Well, then, good luck to you." "Daszkow, as we say in Poland, if you play with a cat, you must not mind her scratch." " Sure." " That might help." "I think the Church's mission is to rediscover and make others rediscover the unique dignity of every human person..." "Professor lapira." "Cardinal Konig." "Your protege can certainly hold his own in this company." "Well, he's hardly my protege, though I am honored to call him my friend." "And it must be made clear to everyone that the recognition of God is in no way hostile..." "He has a remarkable talent to reach people." "The most complex issues he can reduce and express in the most simple of ways." "Yes, well, he is fluent in seven or eight languages." "Potentially a very broad reach." "Yes." "...of this divine support, that dignity is deeply impaired." "Look, there he is." "Loloek." "Roman." "Thank God you survived." "A piece of me did not." "Oh, Karol, this is my wife Sophia." "Sophia, Karol Wojtyla." "A great pleasure, Sophia." "I am so happy for you both." "So happy." " Me, too." " Thank you, Excellency." "And look where you live." "And you, already a bishop at the Vatican council." " Not bad for a Christian." " No." "Praise God's mercy." "Can we stop here, Uncle?" "Okay, we stop." "We can't keep calling him "Uncle" now that he's a cardinal." " Why not?" " It's disrespectful, that's why." "Okay, bunch together." "Uncle..." "Gapa told me he was meeting a new patient." "Turns out to be an old friend of yours from the resistance." "Do you remember an Eva Teika?" "She's alive?" "Alive, but very sick." "The Nazis did medical experiments." "I think something with her bone marrow." "And..." "And now?" "They diagnosed cancer." "Gapa says she has only a few months." "Mrs. Teika?" "Thank you." "Karol." "That night..." "I wanted..." "so badly to do something." "I would not... forgive you if you had." "Still, you are the one who inspires with her courage." "You are the one who still fights... for his people." "I'm so proud of you..." "Father Karol." "It's extraordinary, Karol." "No doctor here has ever seen anything like it." "All the tests are normal." "Yes, yes." "Good." "There." "Karol." "The Lord bestows an amazing grace." "Especially when Padre Pello makes the request." "It's a miracle." "Perhaps." "Following the funereal of Pope Paul VI, the conclave will gather." "Cardinals from all over the world will come together to elect a new Pontiff." "I vote for Vitera." "Just to get rid of him." "Be careful what you wish for." "Benelli." "Siri." "Boretti." "Luciani." "Benelli." "Boretti." "Siri." "Luciani." "Boretti." "Siri." "Luciani." "Benelli." "Luciani." "Luciani." "Luciani." "I will miss him very much." "Yes." "Dead in only 33 days." "How is it possible?" "What could it mean?" "I believe the Lord asks us to show the world the Pope is not only and always an Italian." "The last non-Italian was..." "Exactly 455 years ago." "We must have someone who can reach all people, all nations." "A Pope who can be papal to everyone." "Especially youth." "Yes, exactly." "Young people need a voice they can trust." "Benelli." "Siri." "Siri." "Benelli." "Siri and Benelli are deadlocked." "God has challenged us." "Perhaps Poland could present a candidate." "No." "I am too old." "And if I left Poland, it would be a victory for the Communists." "Eminence, there is another." "You don't mean..." "He's too young." "Far too young." "Young... with one of the finest minds in the room." "God is here with us, and He asks for you." "Your Eminence, I'm needed in Poland." "I have so much to do, and so many people count on my..." "What must I do?" "Do you remember Quo Vadis?" "Peter was fleeing Rome." "And he came across Jesus who was going the other way." "And he asked Him..." "Domine quo vadis." ""Lord, where are you going?"" "And our Lord replied," ""Aeo Roma..." ""eterom cricifici."" ""I am returning to Rome to be crucified again."" "If you should be elected, I beg you to accept... for Poland." "Benelli." "Siri." "Wojtyla." "No, no, no, no "Voy-tee-wa."" "Use this." "I always endured it to guide me." "Like me, perhaps Peter felt great trepidation." "Perhaps he would have preferred to remain by his lake with his boat and his nets, like me." "He knew there must be suffering ahead." "The pope needs to be intimate with suffering." "So, guided by you," "Year after year, and now you ask me to leave Krakow and my people, my friends, my beloved mountains." "If this is your will, so be it." "I'm all yours." " Woj-ty-la." " Fo-ee-tee-va?" "No, no, no." "Woj-ty-la." "Woj-ty-la." "Your Holiness, at this time it is customary to give only the Apostolic blessing." "There is no doubt this is a great triumph for Poland, the country where the creative cooperation in between Catholics and Marxists is building a socialist system." "Karol Wojtyla, the youngest pope since Pius IX in 1846, at only 58 years of age, was elected." "Now, in this fluid period of history, we have a new pope." "Who is not so much from Poland, as he is from lands both far and near." "Like his immediate predecessor, Pope John Paul II has chosen the simplified papal inauguration." "Now, I can confess that I myself feared my nomination." "But you are Peter and on you, pass on the rock." "I will build my church." "Open wide the doors for Christ." "Be not afraid." "Open the boundaries of states." "Be not afraid." "Open economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization, and the..." "How is it possible that citizen of a socialist country is elected pope?" "In one word, Brzezinski, the American president's Polish advisor." "Better Solzhenitsyn becomes U.N. Secretary General before a Pole becomes pope." "We got rid of Solzhenitsyn." "We must do the same with Wojtyla." "Make no mistake." "This pope is no friend of Marxism." "The Holy See has always avoided international negotiations." "Two countries go to war..." "Chile, Argentina... both of them Catholic." "I can't stand by and do nothing." "We've been called to an impossible task." "We can only trust in God and let Him lead us." "It's strange, how much I miss it." "What, Holiness?" "Hiking, kayak trips." "By now the Tatras must be covered with snow." "I'm told that Roccaraso has a 900 meter vertical drop and it's only a two and a half hour drive." " Well done, Stasio." " Thank you, Holiness." "I am not a pope who will stay cloistered." "I must get out." "I must have contact, or I cannot be a pastor." "Stasio?" "Good morning, Holiness." "Call Casaroli." "Yes, come." "My dear Casaroli." "According to the rules," "I need a secretary of state." "Yes, you do." "And I would be happy to assist in the matter as I had the honor of serving Pope Paul VI." "And that is why I want you to be my secretary of state." "Oh, Holiness, no, no, no." "Those were other times." "I would be inadequate." " You don't need me." " But I do." "But why?" "You are tactful in ten languages, a master diplomat, deeply loyal and as I have noticed, on occasion, you have strongly held opinions that do not necessarily agree with mine." "With God's blessing, between the two of us the scales will balance." "Done." "Be cautious with matters dealing with religious freedom." "Your eminence." "I believe the Catholic Church accords great importance to the strengthening of peace, to disarmament and to the liquidation of weapons of mass destruction." "Yes, we are in accord with all of that." "Of course." "But Mr. Gromyko, let me ask you one thing." "Is it possible that the obstacles to religious freedom have not been entirely removed from every area of your country?" "From the earliest days, the Soviet state has guaranteed freedom of religious belief." "That is more or less what I thought." "Man cannot live without love." "He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself." "His life is senseless if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it, make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it." "In the next 30 days, you have 29 separate speaking engagements." "And you've emphasized how you must finish your first encyclical." "Nevertheless, the mission of the Church is to implement the precepts of Vatican II." "But I implore your Holiness, could we start implementing it somewhere other than Mexico?" "Perhaps Poland." "Anywhere but Mexico and Poland." "Mexico is constitutionally anti-clerical." "For 100 years, priests and nuns have not been allowed to wear their robes and habits in public." "Can you imagine?" "In Mexico, the Church does not exist." "In Pueblo, in January, the Latin American Bishops' Conference is taking place." "We should send someone." "Don't you think?" "Yes, Holiness, but that someone does not have to be you." "But it could be." "Well, I remind your Holiness that the Holy See does not have relations with Mexico." "And if I may make one other point, we have not been invited." "My dear Casaroli, you're a man of great wisdom and imagination." "Well, I imagine that we could avoid the problem entirely if you went as a private citizen." "Did you see my cheese?" "I want to be your voice, the voice of those who cannot speak, the voice of those who are silenced," "the voice of the worker who can no longer wait for the full recognition of his dignity as a man and a son of God." "I'd like you to let the Polish government know that I'm planning my first visit, whether or not they invite me." "So soon?" "Is that wise, Holiness?" "It's been three months with no response." "If they need a reason, tell them it's my duty to attend the 900th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Stanislaw." "They certainly would not want your presence there on that occasion." "Then I can visit one month later for no particular reason, and stay much longer." "I can speak to Gierek of course, but it would be stronger coming from you." "But more humble coming from you." "I cannot stop the Polish pope from returning to Poland." "You can say you are sick." "For how long?" "Comrade Gierek, you run the country." "You can be sick as long as you damn well please!" "Take my advice." "Do not do it." "In the end, it will only cause trouble." "I can't believe." "You hold your first private audience with a middle-aged Jew." "And his family here in the hub of Catholicism." "Yes, Roman." "Friendship is one of God's greatest gifts, a rare place where the truth is spoken." "Then you and I must speak just the way we used to:" "Plain and simple." " Plain and simple." " All right." "I have many friends in Jerusalem who ask, when will you recognize the state of Israel?" "Plain and simple." "Forgive me, Karol." "I know, sometimes I can be a little abrasive." "The day when you stood on the back of the Nazi truck, the gun at your back, you gave me the gift of your courage and I will never forget." "Please excuse us, Holiness." "The news is something you will be pleased to hear." "From Warsaw." "Your pilgrimage to Poland has been approved." " Stasio." " Holiness?" "We are crossing the Odra." "Poland." "Home." "The pope is our enemy." "He has uncommon skills of charm and a complex sense of humor." "This makes him dangerous, especially to journalists." "When he's among the crowd, he's a master of the cheap gesture." "He wears funny hats, kisses babies, shakes every hand one by one." "He campaigns like an American president, and he will use it to stir the population." "The army is prepared." "Thank you, General." "Thank you, but we'll not need the army." "Instead of confronting them, what we'll do is withdraw our police and security officers." "If a violent demonstration should occur, of course we'll be forced to intervene." "A drastic action..." "that will explain why future papal visits will not be possible." "Your thoughts, Eminence?" "They will attempt to incite violence and throw the blame in your direction." "And your advice?" "You are a pope who cannot help his nature." "You'll tell the truth and I will support you." "Welcome home, Father Karol." "Holiness, your people are in the streets waiting to greet you." "Look, look, he's there." "A working man pope, and from Poland!" "And from Poland!" "They're biding their time." "Yeah." "They will riot sooner or later." "It's inevitable." "Praise be Jesus Christ." "I wish to sing a hymn of praise to divine Providence which has allowed me to come home as a pilgrim." "I, son of Polish land," "I, John Paul II," "I shout from all the depths of this millennium," "I cry on the vigil of Pentecost," "Lord, let your spirit descend." "Let your spirit descend and renew the face of the Earth, the face of this land." "We saw today how many we are." "And how strong we can be." " A miracle." " A miracle." " It was freedom." " Yes, and there is no going back." "Can I be your Uncle Lolek, too?" "Of course you can, but in this case, it's Grand Lolek." "Time is passing." "What about skiing?" "For skiing, we make time." "And you had the time to come to Poland, that's the most important thing." "She was worried you'd never come back." "Oh, ye of little faith." "It's not my faith." "I just needed..." "I don't know." "I don't know." "Holiness, a miracle like today..." "If that's it, we have Eva here to remind us all." "I know." "Almost 30 years and her tests are still normal." "Of course it never hurts to be loved by my pope." "And you are, Eva, you are." "You are." "Thank you for all you do for Poland." "Bless you, Anna." "Holiness, they're still coming." "They keep coming." "They're still coming." "So, we say a word." "In Rome..." "In Rome, they call me II Papa." "Very good." "Always remember, you are Polish," "and music is in your soul." "Let me tell you one or two things." "First," "I love you all." "Second, second, allow Christ to find you." "Third, I wish I could stay with you here and climb the Tatras." "Stay with us." "Stay with us." " Too late." " Stay with us." "You're too late." "Where were you last October when I was elected?" "It's just like Poles to close the barn door when the horse is out." "It's late, getting late." "I have just two more words." "Good night." "It's hard to leave our people, but we will be back." "Yes, we will, Stasio, but Poland isn't the whole world, even for me." "The fundamental problem with this superstar is he does not accept the Yalta agreement." "For him, there was no treaty after the war." "For him, the new borders of the Soviet Union are temporary." "He must be stopped." "This is a declaration of war?" "Undeclared declaration." "Holiness, there are strikes in Poland on B.B.C." "Unlike many smaller groups of strikers in Poland who were bought off with higher wages, striking employees at the Lenin Shipyard, Gdansk, under the leadership of Lech Walesa, unemployed electrician, remain adamant in their demands," "which include free union, wage increases and limits on censorship." "People, we are fighting for freedom in Poland." "Bread for everybody!" "Justice for children." "Fair salaries!" "They demand to be recognized as an independent self-governing trade union." "To self-govern means they are demanding to share power." "Exactly the reason why the Kremlin has threatened a possible invasion." "It is not official, but I think they are serious." "It's no doubt." "Nevertheless, Episcopate, we must help the workers." "Your statement must be strong." "Their fight is daunting." "Their demands are fair." "But in the eyes of the communists, it is a direct attack upon their fundamentals." "The people must hear a stronger voice than mine, and they must know that their support comes from the highest level." "I affectionately kiss our own mother's hands." "I'm hoping that with these hands she will protect Poland forever." "I join the Cardinal Primate and all the Polish prelates in blessing our countrymen in the name of the Holy Trinity." "I wish to reassure the sons and daughters of my beloved homeland that I am with them with all my heart and prayers." "I beg God for light and strength to understand the great and important problems being voiced." "These problems are real and they can only be resolved by bringing peace and justice to our country." "He's with us." "The pope is with us!" "The pope is with us!" "Stalin was right." "Bringing communism to Poland is like trying to saddle a cow." "Can you match the welfare of communist rule?" "I promise you that it will be better in Poland, will be food for everybody." "Those are good words, sir, but on the basis of what?" "Those demands we are signing, we'll bring freedom for all workers in Poland." "Yes?" "Uh, repeat." "A second." "Stasio?" "Yes, Holiness?" "The Americans want to know if the Vatican has a secure line." "A secure line... what is that?" "These were taken two days ago." "You can see here and here," "Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops in formation close to the Polish border." "These satellites" "must be very high up." "Well, yes, sir, they are." "NATO?" "On highest alert." "Then we could be on the brink." "Solidarity has challenged the Soviet alliance with Poland." "President Carter has issued a warning that there could be grave consequences, and the incoming Reagan administration is backing him up." "Besides that, Brezhnev knows what Afghanistan has cost him so far." "Can you assure me that the Russians will not attack?" "I think the odds are against it." "We do not deal in odds, Eminence." "We do not deal at all." "The sanctity of human life is not a commodity to be traded like grain, with a price one can negotiate." "Yes, Holiness, you're right." "I apologize." "No, Eminence, it is I who must apologize." "These affairs have been a trial for me, for all of us." "But now, will you hear my confession?" "In the name of the Father, of the Son, of the Holy Spirit." "Amen." "To his Excellency, Mr. Leonid Brezhnev," "President of the Supreme Soviet Union." "Events which took place in Poland in this last month were caused by the absolute necessity of an economic reconstruction of the country, requiring at the same time a moral reconstruction based on the conscious engagement in solidarity of the entire country." "I hope you will do all you can in order to dispel the present tension and reassure the public opinion as far as this pressing and delicate problem is concerned." "Holiness." "I congratulate Solidarity and I celebrate your personal vision and your courage." "Thank you, Holy Father." "God just blessed me with a stubborn nature." "He did." "We agree." "A revolution, and not even one single window was broken." "What you have done is set an example throughout the world." "Solidarity is a different kind of movement." "Not against a thing, but towards a common good, a national renewal and love." "I've proofed your meditation on the theology of the body." "Good, good." "It's a very fine piece." "Thank you, Stasio." "Wojtyla your standard time." "Listen to me!" "Who is that?" "We are in the next day, Holiness." "I remember, last year you became head of transportation." "Your memory remains flawless." "Yes." "Don't tell me the..." "No, no, no, no." "I'm only part of an international team organized to keep an eye on your health." "What happened?" "You were struck by two bullets." "Two bullets." "One was deflected by your finger and missed the main abdominal artery." "Had it been closer by one or two millimeters..." "Yesterday was May 13." "Yes, Holiness." "The anniversary of the day of Fatima, when the Blessed Mother appeared in a vision." "One hand fired the gun, another guided the bullet." "I pray for that brother of ours who shot me, and whom I have sincerely pardoned." "I offer my sufferings for the Church, and for the world." "To you, Mary, I repeat..." "Please, His Holiness is tired." "Thank you all." "Thank you." "Thank you." "I've arranged the open line to Warsaw." "How is he?" "He's conscious, but declining rapidly." "Yes, I'm ready." "Oh, Karol, you must steer the course." "God loves you, and God will always watch over you." "Beloved teacher, I thank God for your life and for all the gifts that you have bestowed on mankind." "I thank you for your friendship and your unwavering faith." "Remember, Karol," "God will guide you to lead us into the third millennium." "One millimeter... that's all there was between my life and my death." "These last few days, I've asked myself over and over, why does God want me alive?" "What must I do?" "My primary task is to lead the Church into a new millennium, a world without war, a world of greater social justice, a world where Christians are unified." "And to help me accomplish this, my dear friend Cardinal Ratzinger," "I wish to appoint you prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith." "Holiness, I am deeply honored, but I have many commitments in Germany." "You know my fondness for Poland, how much I wish to remain in Krakow, but sometimes God calls us to faraway places." "I have appointed Signor Joaquin Navarro-Valls as director of the Holy See press office," "Sala Stampa, and if any of you have ideas about pulling the wool over his eyes" "I will tell you that he first was trained as a psychiatrist." "So, be careful." "Holiness, this is a great honor and a great surprise." "And I imagine, not the last." "We met together privately, without advisors, and we agreed that the Soviet empire is an elephant with legs of clay, bound to collapse, more out of spiritual reasons than strategic." "It's not possible to prevent man from being free and loving God." "No." "And so we decided to work together to do our best to make that dream come true." "And part of that dream is Poland." "I must return." "In these times, Holiness, that could be difficult, perhaps unwise." "The Communists have imposed martial law." "Walesa's arrested." "I must go back to keep the dialogue open, to prevent bloodshed." "We care about your blood!" "There are unconfirmed reports that the man who shot you was hired by the Communist Party of Bulgaria." "I must speak with Walesa." "Then I will arrange it, Holiness, but it will be unofficial." "Thank you very much." "I know you are disappointed." "I failed." "My Solidarnos caused martial law." "A desire for freedom caused it." "Your own humanity caused it." "I don't know what to do." "You must fight." "You must call by name what is good, what is evil, and you must fight for your freedom." "Did they think you'd say something like that?" "You must be tough." "You must be very tough, but you cannot hate and you must not kill." "We all have such anger for these Communists." "They have hurt so many friends, ruined families." "I know." "I also know, with God's love, one day this will end and then we must find ways to forgive." "Forgiveness is God's might." "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned." "I've been lost for many years." "But now I've come home." "You may leave us." "I've been praying for you." "Will you pray for me?" "Good." "Let us pray." "It's hard to know if Gorbachev and his perestroika will make a real change, or if it's just an illusion." "Don't lose hope." "One way or the other, things will change and the day of free elections will come for Poland." " Right." " Still the same Lolek." "The right word in the right moment." "I remember once, in Wadowice, we were perhaps nine, ten years old." "Do you remember?" "One day I came to find you, but you were at Mass." "It was my first time in a Catholic church." "Oh, now I remember this." "Well, some woman there knew I was Jewish, and let's just say, she was not so polite." "A little while later, we were together by the river and I was quite upset." "No, no, make that "very upset."" "And do you know what this 10-year-old future pope said to me?" "He told me not to worry because it did not matter if I was Jewish and he was Catholic because we were both children of God." "Not bad for a 10-year-old." "By the way, Roman, the unofficial inquiries made by your friends in Jerusalem are now official." "Then we will see you soon in the Holy Land?" "God's will." "To discover your own unique person, this is a difficult undertaking." "To become what you must become, you are asked to make sacrifices, to bear burdens, and while you do all of this, it is a time in your life you're asked to encounter the mystery of God." "I can tell you this:" "When your way becomes too difficult, you must always remember you are not alone." "You are not alone." "The living God walks beside you." "He is and always will be your best friend." "I also can say to you," "I feel so refreshed by our celebration together this day, that I believe we must repeat it next year," "and the year after and the year after that." "We will call it..." "we will call it" ""World Youth Day."" "It is our invention." "How beautiful you are." "God bless you all." "Not only is it wrong to disregard human nature, which is made for freedom, but in practice it is impossible to do so." "Where society is organized to suppress freedoms, the life of that society becomes progressively disorganized and declines." "Holiness, there is something you must see." "...Triggered by the Solidarity movement." "Eventually dropped off due to the Communist Party and the Russian dictator." "Lech Walesa, leader of Solidarity, only recently released from jail, has turned his union-based party into a legitimized political entity as of last April." "We want Solidarnos!" "Solidarnos!" "Solidarnos!" "It's only in our grasp... the new millennium of peace and unity." "When Iraqi tanks rumbled across the usually peaceful desert sands of northern Kuwait..." "Our office is overwhelmed with requests for interviews, statements." "Everyone wants your opinion." "My opinion is of little value." "The U.N. Security Council demanded Iraq's withdrawal and imposed sanctions..." "What they should wish for is God's opinion." "You're on the way to the new millennium, world of peace and forgiveness." "Holiness, with your wisdom and courage, that is all still possible." "...Technologically advanced military equipment, has initiated a peacekeeping operation with the intent to liberate Kuwaiti territory." "Tell them, on Sunday I will give a response." "The light of Christ is with the tormented nations of the Middle East." "For the area of the Gulf, we await with trepidation for the threat of conflict to disappear." "May leaders be convinced that war is an adventure with no return." "My appeals about Iraq went unheeded and now all this." "Seems perhaps I can no longer communicate." "How can I tell them how much God loves women?" "His intention from the beginning, equality, balance," "perfection." "Mary's yes confirms the essence of human dignity lies in radical self-giving not in self-assertion or claims of authority." "Holy Father, forgive my simple way of thinking, but I wonder if any man can comprehend the dignity or the difficulty of being a woman." "Stasio, I believe one day you will be archbishop of Krakow." "In God's eternal plan, woman is the one in whom the order of love in the created world of persons first takes root." "I know what you are going to say, Doctor." "No more sauerkraut for the pope." "You seem very fit, Your Holiness." "Perhaps a little tired." "Fatigue can play havoc with a nervous system." "How about now?" "Can a pope ever retire?" "When I am no longer able," "God will call me." "There are many reporters back there." "They're convinced that you're out of touch with the times." "Probably I am a little out of fashion." "The fundamental truth, such as the right to life from conception to death, is not subject to the whims of fashion." " Stasio." " Your Holiness." "They believe the young have moved on, especially in America." "Some have made bets that nobody will show up in Denver." "They must not know young people." "Some people say you are traveling too much." " I am convinced." " You are?" "I am convinced I am traveling too much." " Holy Father..." " Thank you very much." "But sometimes it is necessary to do something that is too much." "How do you feel about South Africa?" "If you are asking my views on racism, I will tell you." "The Church very specifically states that all forms of social or cultural discrimination in basic personal rights on the grounds of sex, race, color, social conditions, language or religion, are to be curbed and eradicated as incompatible with God's design." " Next question." " Will you go to Sarajevo?" "There's a lot of killing going on in the Balkans and nobody seems to be able to stop it." "In these dramatic times," "I turn to God and I pray for peace." "And to man, I ask, respect for the dignity and human rights of the people." "And will you go to the Holy Land?" "It's my deepest personal desire to go to the Holy Land and to pray at the most important places which from ancient times have seen God's interventions and the wonders He's done." "And what about Denver?" "What about Denver?" " What about Denver?" " Any expectations?" "God's will." "The overwhelming turn-out to greet Pope John Paul II on World Youth Day:" "90,000 devoted followers have filled Mile High Stadium." "Only 20 more to sign, Holiness." "You better take one." "Only three left." " Thank you, Holiness." " What is saying?" "On the express train, you can't get off." "One other thing you're on is the New York Times bestseller list, Holiness." "First pope to ever do that." "God will forgive me." "Your fractured right femur and your hip joint doesn't seem to have enjoyed the fall much either." "We'll have to bolt you together." "Bolt me?" "Artificial hip joint." "And we'll need something to hold your femur together." "Prognosis?" "For you, Holiness, being so active, it will be an adjustment." "And there will be pain." "For how long?" "Let's get to it." "I have work to do." "I have work." "I am a sportsman!" "I have always been a sportsman." "Now every step I take is like a knife." "They told me I would never ski again." "Did you know that?" "Yes, they told me about it." "I can't imagine." "So the U.B. Officers come and they're pretty tough and say we need papers, permits." "Well, we had some papers, but we didn't have permits." "So they said, "Well, get out of here." "Get out."" "And Karol said, "They didn't say how we had to leave."" "They didn't say how we had to leave." "So we jumped in the kayaks and we went down the river." "Uncle, do you remember the time you ate 13 at one sitting?" " Oh?" " It was a contest." "And I lost." "Yeah, thank God." "It might be something." "It might not be." "It's hard to say when the symptoms are so subtle." "What is this something that it might not be?" "A neurochemical disturbance which affects dopamine-relayed messages to your motor centers." "Please, doctor." "I'm only a pope." "It might be Parkinson's." "We will watch you carefully." "In time, we will know." "All that matters is that every step I take is towards peace and reconciliation." "And the Parkinson's, if it turns out to be Parkinson's, it will affect your movement and eventually your speech." "I know what you are saying." ""Slow down."" "Stasio is saying "Slow down." Everyone is saying "Slow down, slow down."" ""Slow down!"" "When there is ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, genocide in Rwanda, this is a time when people need to see and feel the pope near to them." "That is why I don't understand." "My dear Cardinal Ratzinger, sometimes I think I am too old and too ill." "But Holiness, your jubilee and the return to the Holy Land and..." "And then?" "It's worth suffering for the truth." "Without such will, we should not undertake that path." "These words are yours, aren't they?" "I've decided to write a new encyclical." "We have not yet made clear the importance of a culture of life." "I think it's a good idea." "Before I begin, I want to contact the bishops across the world." "I need advice and commentary on the contemporary threats to the dignity of human life." "The first and fundamental step towards this cultural transformation consists in forming conscience with regard to the incomparable and inviolable worth of every human life." "It is the greatest importance to re-establish the essential connection between life and freedom." "And I ask you to pray for me, that I may live until the year 2000 and fulfill my mission to lead the Church into a millennium of peace and unity." " Amen." " Amen." "Praise be Jesus Christ." "I would like to express today, through Mary, my gratitude for this gift of suffering." "We must begin the third millennium with suffering." "Why now, in this year of the family?" "Because, in some way, every family feels threatened and attacked." "The pope must be attacked." "The pope must be wounded and the pope must suffer so that every family in the world can see that there is a higher gospel... a gospel of suffering, through which the future should be prepared." "In this year of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ," "I look across the Jordan Valley to the blessed land." "Along every step of my travels," "I am moved by a vivid sense of God who has gone before us and leads us on, who wants us to honor Him in spirit and in truth, to acknowledge the differences between us, but also to recognize in every human being" "the image and likeness of the one Creator of Heaven and Earth." "We are deeply saddened by the behavior of those who, in the course of history, have caused these children of yours to suffer." "I'm asking your forgiveness." "This is Tomek." "Tomek." "When I was a boy, I dressed like you dress." "But not so nice." "I like your jacket." "And this is Masha." "Masha, you are so beautiful." "And you will be ever more beautiful, inside and out." "Who is this?" "This old man!" "It's Karol." "I'm Mikan." "It's a good joke on us." "Uncle, if only you could retire." "Yes, and come back to Krakow with us." "Even if you won't find the same Poland you left." "You know, young people are so confused." "Materialism has mixed up their values." "Communism is not the only evil." "But there's hope." "They still make kremowki at the bakery, don't they?" "They do, they do." "Holiness, the Devil has attacked the World Trade Center; 3,000 people dead." "And if they're in lower Manhattan, to evacuate the areas so that all rescue efforts can work efficiently." "He assures everyone that the city has thousands of emergency workers down in lower Manhattan trying to save as many lives as possible." "Like you," "I have been deeply grieved by the fact that priests and religious workers whose vocation it is to help people live holy lives in the sight of God" "have themselves caused such suffering and scandal to the young." "Because of these terrible crimes, the Church herself is viewed with distrust." "Many are offended at the way in which the Church leaders are perceived to have acted in this matter." "This abuse which has caused this crisis is an appalling sin in the eyes of God." "Stasio." "Stasio." "You remember?" "Yes, Holiness." "Yes, I do." "Do you feel up to it?" "I must." "If you don't, they will understand." "I will speak to them." "Uncle Karol." "I am too old to be your uncle." "God bless you for all you have done on this Earth." "There is a great throng out there, Holiness, but they ask nothing of you." "They only wish you well." "Is the... is the... is the microphone on?" "Mm-hm." "I will try again tomorrow." "His condition is very serious." "In particular, his blood pressure is unstable." "This morning, he has taken Communion." "He has been told his real condition and he asked if it was necessary to be sent to hospital." "He was told no, since he could have all the help he needs at home." "And so he decide to stay in his apartment." "How do you feel in this moment?" "Surely, seeing the Holy Father in this condition is something I have never seen in 36 year." "Thank you." "I called for you, and you have come." "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee." "Blessed are thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus." "Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death." "Amen." "With this holy anointing, may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit." "Amen." "May the Lord who frees you from sin save you" "and raise you up." "Amen." "Let me go to my Lord." "I leave no property behind me of which it is necessary to dispose." "My personal notes are to be burned." "I ask that this be attended to by Father Stanislaw, whom I thank for his collaboration and help so prolonged over the years and so understanding." "As for all other thanks," "I must leave them in my heart before God Himself because it is difficult to express them." "Subtitled By J.R. Media Services, Inc." "Burbank, CA"