John Paul II: The Man, the Pope, the Saint…

Today the Church celebrates the feast day of my hero: Carol Joseph Wojtyla, or, as we usually call him, Saint Pope John Paul II. When I arrived at the Vatican as a young Swiss Guard, I had a largely secular understanding of Catholicism. At that point, my faith was my parents’ and not truly my own, an “outsider” view that was both helpful and deceiving. Because of that perspective, I was able to meet and then interact with John Paul…

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