St John Paul II greets the crowd in Czestochowa during his 1979 trip to Poland. Photo: OSV News/CNS file, Chris Niedenthal Debate over John Paul II’s handling of abuse during his time as archbishop threatens to further tear Poland in two, writes Jason Osborne It’s hard to overstate the place St Pope John Paul II occupies in the Polish psyche and society, as few other countries have comparably titanic figures at all, never mind within living…
