A march in support of John Paul II passed through the streets of Bolesławiec on Sunday evening. Around 450 people took part in the religious event, including priests, altar servers and liturgical assistants. The city of Bolesławiec has more than 38,000 residents (Central Statistical Office data), so 1.2% of the people living in the city of ceramics took part in the march.
In the footage from our camera, you can see for yourselves what the march looked like and how many people took part.
Support for the Catholic Church and John Paul II has declined in recent years, particularly after bishops’ cover-up of scandals involving paedophilia was exposed.
A document was recently published in which journalists present evidence that Karol Wojtyła, before he became pope, transferred paedophiles to smaller parishes or sent them abroad from Poland. The evidence consists of letters written by Karol Wojtyła, obtained from an Austrian church archive, testimonies from witnesses and victims, as well as documents from the Polish Security Service dating from the Polish People’s Republic period.
Ekke Overbeek wrote a book about John Paul II and the cover-up of paedophilia. We interviewed him on the anniversary of the Polish pope’s death. You can watch it below; the full transcript of the interview is available in the article: Ekke Overbeek: The pope did not respond to the sexual abuse of minors for almost his entire pontificate. He took no steps.