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Article: How I remember John Paul II.(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
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- For A Change
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- June 1, 2005
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I will never forget. It was not my first encounter with the Pope but it was an exceptional one, since John Paul II rarely gave private audiences to journalists. In 1999, when I entered the Pope's office, he looked a little bored for a second but as soon as I started to speak in Polish everything changed. The Holy Father recognized me and recalled my previous visit with my wife and son.
He listened intensely to every word I had to say. At first I spoke about the goals of the International Communications Forum, the media thinktank which I chair, and the Pope gave us his blessing 'for our activity'. He asked, with great passion and concentration, for my view On the ...