The monument to the "Polish" Pope John Paul II in Lodz, dawned this morning on the 18th anniversary of his death, covered in red and yellow paint and the message "maxima culpa", which indicates that the late pope knew about cases of pedophilia among priests in Poland and that helped to hide the culprits and cover up the affair.
The Pope's hands on the monument are covered in red blood, and his face is painted yellow, while the message on the pedestal of the monument refers to the title of Eke Overbek's book "Maxima kulpa - John Paul II knew", in which the Dutch journalist claims that John Paul II had to to know about cases of pedophilia in the Catholic Church.
Believers are passing through Łódź, as well as through Warsaw, Gdańsk and dozens of other cities in Poland today in marches in defense of their Pope Wojtyła, at the invitation of the bishop of the Polish Catholic Church and the ruling Pravo i Pravda party, and they are also organizing vigils, prayers and thanksgiving masses for his pontificate. when for 16 long years a Pole stood at the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
"Many of us have reason to be grateful to St. John Paul II, either individually or as a society. There is no way to evaluate the goodness and humanity that he engraved in the hearts of millions of people around the world," said the spokesman of the Bishops' Conference on the occasion of the papal marches. Poland's Lesek Gensak.
The organizers of the marches for John Paul II claim that they have nothing to do with the documentary film about three cases of sexual abuse and pedophilia by priests of the Polish Catholic Church, of which, according to documents found in the Institute of People's Memory, Cardinal Wojtyła, the later Pope, not only knew but also helped cover up the matter because he was protecting the institution of the church, not the victims.
The documentary was broadcast by the independent Polish private television TVN24 on March 6, it was seen by millions of Poles and caused a storm of criticism from the authorities and the church, which labeled the film and the thesis that the pope covered up and hid pedophiles in robes an attack on everything Polish and a conspiracy against Polish society and the church, which can only serve Russia.
In response to the film, the Sejm of the Polish Parliament adopted a declaration on the defense of the image and works of St. John Paul II and the National Council of Radio and Television, the supervisory body for Polish electronic media, started a misdemeanor procedure at the end of this week to fine TVN24 for airing the documentary at all.
"Broadcasting the show may be a violation of the Law on Radio and Television. It is a matter of prohibiting the propagation of activities that are in conflict with the laws, Polish national interests and the propagation of views that offend morals and social good," said the head of that supervisory council, Macej Švirski.
In defense of the image and works of Pope John Paul II, the Polish Railways also joined in, and in the high-speed Pendolino trains today, they distribute papal krempitas, the cake that the late Wojtyla loved the most, from a pastry shop in his native Vadovice.
A big concert "No one can replace you" will be held in Vadovice tonight.
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