 |
| John Paul II |
former Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls believes that you should not think about John Paul II as "a political leader in a religious robe and determined to change regimes and borders." He confessed that he was very impressed "with great internal balance of virtues" of the pope.
An extensive interview with the Sunday issue of the newspaper "La Repubblica" Navarro-Valls told, inter alia, about the everyday life of John Paul II, who "knew how to mortify the niespektakularny way," he was indifferent, at them and could not not a minute wasted.
John Paul II, "not so ascended to the papacy, to liberate Eastern Europe from communism, but to spread the message of an absolutely central position of the human person, creature that exists as such, he is the creator and this truth must find "- said former Vatican spokesman.
When asked how - as a psychiatrist by profession - assesses Karol Wojtyla, Navarro-Valls replied: "She did a great impression on me the internal balance between all of its virtues. Virtue, when coexist in one person, can lead to madness. With him the virtues of this madness was not. Coexisted with each other without difficulty. "
Pope," he could not waste even a minute, but never hurry "- former Vatican spokesman noted.
" He could be bothered , but not spectacularly. His attitude to food and beverage was indifferent. We went to the countries of the tropics, hot, moist, like Indonesia. The obvious was the threat of dehydration. His doctor, myself, we were concerned about the loss of fluids. He, with an extraordinary and understated elegance, lingered on the voltage of something "- told Navarro-Valls.
I said:" Not very, it was important for him what he had before him on a plate. In some periods of the year eating only one full meal a day. And to the end, on the eve of the ordination of new bishops or priests, he fasted.
revealed that the pope I never was preparing to broadcast television, not taught by "posturing", do not look where you will be cameras. "For him the camera, makeup, television, the lights did not exist" - he said. He stressed that John Paul II was indifferent to the council, how to fall on TV, how to smile and how to look.
"At first it worried me, because I knew that the camera can be cruel. But for him to communicate was to transfer the truth, not making appearances" - he explained.
talking about hundreds of travel pope in Italy and around the world, Navarro-Valls quoted the words he once heard from him: "In the past, people came to the parish. Today, the pastor must go to the people."
"He was a happy man" - he noted. "The irony was his most prominent characteristic. But his laughter was not as trivial as in people who can not do without uśmiania a joke" - said Navarro-Valls.
The question is whether John Paul II be angry, replied: "Rarely, but yes, if the reason was legitimate." "The only times when I saw him angry, if it is the right word, there were always faced with moral or physical violence against people, like the war in Lebanon or the Balkans. Zadręczał zadręczał yourself and us, asking what else can I do the pope, not to prevent war. It was also the case for the invasion of Iraq was very much against this war "- he stressed.
Joaquin Navarro-Valls told that during the birth of Solidarity in Poland, Ronald Reagan several times, wrote to John Paul II, he sent envoys to Rome. "Reagan spoke of Russia as the" evil empire ", a term which the Pope would never have used, knowing that Christianity has existed in Russia a thousand years ago" - said the former spokesman of the Vatican.
He expressed his belief that a Polish pope was never alone, because - as pointed out - "do not want be ".
former director of the Holy See press office, when asked why after 12 years the Vatican has acknowledged that the pope suffers from Parkinson's disease, explained:" Because it was not needed. "For each who watched Pope John Paul II - he added - it was obvious.
"Even in Wojtyla's disease could not and did not want to hide anything," - said Navarro-Valls.
He confessed that, day after day, during the 21 years spent at the side of the pope, he realized that he was dealing with the sacred. "I had no doubt" - he assured.
Source: onet.pl
0 comments:
Post a Comment