"It is therefore impossible without Christ to understand the history of the Polish nation—this great thousand-year-old community—that is so profoundly decisive for me and each one of us. If we reject this key to understanding our nation, we lay ourselves open to a substantial misunderstanding. We no longer understand ourselves. It is impossible without Christ to understand this nation with its past so full of splendour and also of terrible difficulties."
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John Paul II, Homily of His Holiness John Paul II, Victory Square, Warsaw, (2 June 1979) Press Office of the Holy See
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