John Paul II the patron of Kraków Airport
16 October 1978
40th anniversary
of Karol Wojtyła's election
to the Holy See
"Let us share our way"
- John Paul II
16 października 1978 rok
"To be a patriot means to love everything
that is related to our homeland: it's history,
traditions, language and landscape.
It is a love which extends also to the works
of our compatriots and the fruits of their genius."- John Paul II
10 June 1979
„One sometimes needs to dare go
in the direction that no one
has ever gone yet”.- John Paul II
16 August 1991
„I thank Kraków, Kraków authorities
the whole society, Podhale
and the highlanders”.- John Paul II
17 June 1999
„Thank you for the great kindness
for the warm welcome and, above all
for the witness of a living faith”.- John Paul II
17 June 1999
„On returning to the Vatican I am not leaving my native land.
In my memory I am taking with me the view of my homeland,
from the Baltic to the mountains, and in my heart I shall
keep everything I experienced among my countrymen ”.- John Paul II
16 August 2002
„I welcome again Poland (...) and all my
countrymen. I am doing it with the same
emotion and joy that I feel every time I return
to my homeland”.- John Paul II
19 August 2002
„I give my cordial greetings once
again to all of you present here
and I bless you from all my heart
for your shared pilgrimage”- John Paul II.
19 August 2002
„And at the end
- what to say?
I regret to leave!”.- John Paul II.
