[Slyfox]

“We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has gone through. I do not think that wide circles of the American society or wide circles of the Christian community realize this fully. We are now facing the final confrontation between the Church and the anti-Church, of the Gospel versus the anti-Gospel.”

~ Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, who became Saint John Paul the Great {Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, “Notable & Quotable,” “Wall Street Journal” (Nov. 9, 1978), 30.}

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yup, JPII got it entirely. Probably why he fought so hard to stay on even as his physical bearing was deteriorating, knowing what evil was likely to follow him (I don’t include Benedict in that, but it’s a shame he, too, wasn’t able to hold on instead of being pushed aside, but the pressure must’ve been overwhelming by these dark forces).