WARSAW — Demonstrators gathered in Poland Sunday to defend the popularity of late pope John Paul II, who has been accused of getting hid crimes of pedophilia whereas he was archbishop of Krakow.
On horseback, sporting historic costumes or draped with the flags of the Vatican and Poland—a historically Catholic nation—1000’s turned out for the “National march for the pope” in Warsaw, AFP journalists noticed.
The occasions to honor John Paul II, who died on April 2, 2005, had been deliberate by Catholic organizations with the open help of the federal government and ruling nationwide populist occasion PiS.
“As every honest man defends his children, father and mother, all of Poland defends John Paul II,” learn one placard carried by demonstrators.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated on Twitter that “we pass the test of carrying the truth, which must oppose lies, slander and insults.”
PiS chief Jaroslaw Kaczynski in a letter to the ruling occasion stated “we thank God for this immeasurable gift that the Polish Pope was and remains for the Church, for Poland and for the world.”
“We stand to defend his honor and his good name,” Kaczynski stated, months forward of legislative elections in Poland.
The identical day, a monument of John Paul II was defaced at Lodz, a metropolis in central Poland, with the statue’s fingers coated in crimson paint and vandalized with the inscription “Maxima culpa”—a Latin phrase that means “most grievous fault.”
This inscription made a reference to the ebook by Dutch journalist Ekke Overbeek titled “Maxima Culpa” that was just lately launched in Poland.
The ebook and an analogous investigation aired by personal broadcaster TVN claimed the then future pope had hid pedophilia, which has since provoked a debate among the many authorities and church. — Agence France-Presse
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