EverymanHoly Father
1982 • D6 6. 4. 1982
In seven weeks' time Pope John Paul II will arrive in Great Britain, on the first visit to these islands by a reigning Pontiff.
It is a great symbolic event, but it is not just a symbol, an institution, that is coming: it is also a man.
KAROL wojTYLA has, in the three-and-a-half years of his Papacy, become probably the most famous man on the planet. Few Popes, if any, have made such a strong public impact; few have given rise to such conflicting emotions. What sort of man is he? And where is he taking the Roman Catholic Church? The answers are rooted in his life, so in this film
Peter France (above) presents a complete film record of Karol Wajtyla's 62 years-from Wadowice to the Vatican. He travels to Rome and Poland to trace the connection between the life and the Papacy. And he talks to some of Pope John Paul II's leading supporters and critics.
It is a great symbolic event, but it is not just a symbol, an institution, that is coming: it is also a man.
KAROL wojTYLA has, in the three-and-a-half years of his Papacy, become probably the most famous man on the planet. Few Popes, if any, have made such a strong public impact; few have given rise to such conflicting emotions. What sort of man is he? And where is he taking the Roman Catholic Church? The answers are rooted in his life, so in this film
Peter France (above) presents a complete film record of Karol Wajtyla's 62 years-from Wadowice to the Vatican. He travels to Rome and Poland to trace the connection between the life and the Papacy. And he talks to some of Pope John Paul II's leading supporters and critics.