BEATIFICATION CELEBRATES THE Polish Pope.
WARSAW
The Pope is not only a religious symbol but also an example in the fight for freedom.
More than 600 monuments and sculptures narrow the rivers Oder and Bug remember the beloved pontiff, while 1200 kindergartens, schools and universities named after him.
Warsaw and many other cities, the left parties and unions gave up their traditional rallies and demonstrations by the International Labour Day. Unionists said the beatification is a competition too strong.
Several thousand people, mostly workers and retirees, were concentrated in the early hours of the morning in a central square Varsoviana the same where in 1979 a newly elected John Paul II celebrated his first homily in Poland and called on his countrymen value in its path to democracy.
Another scenario today: Wadowice
With the presence of Prime Minister, the liberal Donald Tusk, who attended the mass and also continued with care from the giant screens what was happening at the Vatican.
The liberal Donald Tusk, recognized in Wadowice, the birthplace of Wojtyla, "this country would be a very different had it not been for him."
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About 100 thousand people gathered at the shrine of Lagiewniki, in Krakow, for follow through on a giant screen the beatification ceremony at the Vatican, according to records the agency DPA news.
During World War II, when he walked to work, Karol Wojtyla prayed in the chapel of Lagiewniki.
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