Pope John Paul II 2005 quotes

Faced with this abyss of evil. I can only respond with an abyss of love.
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!
If you should be elected. I beg you to accept... For Poland. ~ Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński
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.

My little Lolek, you are a silly goose. The world is complicated, Lolek. God is simple.

Pope John Paul II

Holy Mary... My mother...

I'll show you a simple way. One, two, three. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Now you try.

Pope John Paul II

One... Two... Three...

Karol Wojtyła

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.

Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha

Tell me, my son.

Karol Wojtyła

I - I no longer know... what to do, how to feel, how to respond. I feel... I have such anger in my heart, Father...

Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha

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?

Karol Wojtyła

I've begun to wonder, if I should take up arms.

Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha

Christianity itself is at stake. Therefore it is essential that you never mention you're training to anyone. You must go about your daily lives as if nothing has 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.

Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha

Karol, to be a good leader you must first learn to follow.

Be cautious with matters dealing with religious freedom.

Five minutes. I believe the Catholic church cause great importance to the strengthened of peace, to the supplement, and to the liquidation of weapons of mass destruction.

Pope John Paul II

Yes, 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.

Pope John Paul II

That is more or less what they thought.

Anna

What do you know about cutting stones?

Karol Wojtyła

It's what they permit me to do.

Anna

I never get to see you.

Karol Wojtyła

I'm sorry, Anna. It's just I've been having so many thoughts about how to resist.

Anna

By breaking rocks?

Karol Wojtyła

No, of course not.

Your eminence, I - I am needed in Poland. I have so much to do, and there's 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.

"Eo Romam iterum crucifigi."

"I am returning to Rome to be crucified again." If you should be elected. I beg you to accept... For Poland.

I believe the Lord asks us to show the world the pope is not only and always an Italian.

The last known Italian was uh...

Exactly 455 years ago.

We must have someone who can reach all people, all nations. A pope who can be papa to everyone.

Especially youth.

Yes, exactly. Young people need a voice they can trust.

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 - you don't mean... No, he's too young, far too young Wojtyła.

Young, but one of the finest minds in the room.

Do you feel up to it?

Pope John Paul II

I must.

If you don't, they will understand.

Pope John Paul II

I will speak to them.
[Dziwisz holds his hand]

In the next thirty days, you have twenty nine separate speaking engagements.

And you've emphasized how you must finish your first and second one.

Pope John Paul II

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?

Pope John Paul II

Perhaps Poland.

Anywhere but Mexico and Poland.

Pope John Paul II

Mexico is constitutionally anticlerical. For one hundred 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... [accidentally knocks off a piece of cheese from his plate. He goes down to pick it up while his aide tries to get it for him] In Puebla, in January. The Latin American bishop's conference is taking place. We should send someone, don't you think?

Yes, Holiness. But that someone does not have to be you.

Pope John Paul II

But it could be.

Well, may I remind, your Holiness, [the pope puts the piece cheese back onto his plate] that the Holy See does not have relations with Mexico and may I make one other point: We have not been invited.

Pope John Paul II

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.

Pope John Paul II

Did you see my cheese?

Please excuse us, Holiness. The news is something you will be pleased to hear.

From Warsaw. You're pilgrimage to Poland has been approved.

Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme Pontiff?

I accept.

Karol Wojtyła Snr

Right now, there is no time for Hamlet. You must get a work permit.

Karol Wojtyła

A permit? Work at what, father?

Karol Wojtyła Snr

If you don't have one. You risk being deported to Germany. Forced labor. Is that what you want?

Karol Wojtyła

What I want is to stop them.

Karol Wojtyła Snr

No, Karol. What you must want, is to stay alive, and to stay polish.

Karol Wojtyła

... Our skill, our imagination. Use all of it as a weapon.

Anna

What do you mean?

Karol Wojtyła

Well, if what they are trying to do is eliminate any trace of Poland, our objective must be to keep Poland alive. And so, we should put on a kind of... kind of subversive Theatre. You know? Put on plays that reflect who we are. [pause] You disagree?

Anna

Karol. What will happen to us? You and me? [pause] Tell me, please. I need to know what you're thinking.

Karol Wojtyła

Anna, what I think is... What I think is, you will have a beautiful future. Find a handsome, talented husband and have five or six wo--

Anna

What if I've already found him? [pause] Karol, I must know what you feel.

Karol Wojtyła

Anna. The times we are living in.... My heart is already consumed.
[pause. Anna walks away]