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That they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in
you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you
have sent me. ~ John 17:21

Cardinal Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) delivered striking
words that continue to intrigue scholars. In a powerful passage from
1978, shortly after his election as pope—Karol Wojtyla declared:

“We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical
confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide
circles of the American society or wide circles of the Christian
community realize this fully. We are now facing the final
confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the
Gospel versus the anti-Gospel. This confrontation lies within the
plans of divine Providence; it is trial which the whole Church, and
the Polish Church in particular, must take up. It is a trial of not only
our nation and the Church, but, in a sense, a test of 2,000 years of
culture and Christian civilization with all of its consequences for
human dignity, individual rights, human rights and the rights of
nations.”