Watch ‘The Divine Plan’ on EWTN: Le arn How a Pope and a President’s Ca ll From God Toppled the Berlin Wall and Defeated the Demon of Communism

Watch ‘The Divine Plan’ on EWTN: Learn How a Pope and a President’s Call From God Toppled the Berlin Wall and Defeated the Demon of Communism

By Michelle Laque Johnson

“I who am a Son of the land of Poland and who am also Pope John Paul II—I cry from all the depths of this Millennium, I cry on the vigil of Pentecost: Let your Spirit descend. Let your Spirit descend, and renew the face of the earth, the face of this land. Amen.”
This stirring prayer of Pope John Paul II during his visit to Warsaw in 1979 galvanized the Polish people, who were crushed by Communism and forbidden from practicing their faith, even as it instilled hope in the heart of Lech Walesa, head of a movement that would help topple Communism in his country. ...

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