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Hace 3 días · EWTN Starting with Pope St. John Paul II’s visit to his native Poland in 1979, this 2018 documentary chronicles this Pope’s role in liberating the peoples of Eastern Europe and Russia from seven decades of atheistic Communist bloodshed and tyranny. TUESDAY, Nov. 9. Lassie Trilogy.
26 de abr. de 2024 · John Paul II, who as a priest had experienced the Nazi horror in his native Poland and as a bishop the suffocating Communist dictatorship, as Pope faced, with prophetic tenacity, the confrontation between the two blocs of the Cold War leading up to the dramatic dissolution of the Soviet Union and the consequent illusion of the “end of history”.
Hace 2 días · With the Missionaries’ longtime excellent relationship with the Knights of Columbus, the documentary idea unfolded, especially given especially the Knights’ past documentary work, which includes Naglieri’s film Liberating a Continent; John Paul II and the Fall of Communism.
Hace 5 días · The presentation is one of the hallmarks of this film produced by the Knights of Columbus and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker David Naglieri, whose work includes the feature-length Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism.
7 de may. de 2024 · Moreover, St John Paul II played a crucial role in the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. His support for the Solidarity movement in his native Poland and his moral opposition to communism were influential factors in the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.
Hace 5 días · Saint John Paul II was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first from a Slavic country. His pontificate of more than 26 years was the third longest in history.
Hace 2 días · The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, was a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world.
