Chronology sources poland, russia and our lady of czestochowa

Oct. 16, 1978: (Election) George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, pp. 251-52; (feast of St. Hedwig) In his homily at Czestochowa on June 4, 1979, Pope John Paul II specifically noted that the election of the first Polish pope occurred on “October 16, the day on which the liturgical calendar of the Church in Poland recalls St. Hedwig.” (Kolbe) Andre Frossard, Forget Not Love: The Passion of Maximilian Kolbe, p.50; (homage by Cardinal Wyszynski) Andrej Micewski, Cardinal Wyszynski: A Biography, p. 402; (cardinal’s hat) Tad Szulc, Pope John Paul II: The Biography, p. 283; (The Quarry) Rocco Buttiglione, Karol Wojtyla: The Thought of the Man Who Became Pope John Paul II, pp. 247-50; (encounter with Russia soldier) Cardinal Wojtyla in his1976 Lenten retreat for Pope Paul VI and the Curia told the story of this incident. His 1976 Lenten retreat was later published as a book under the title, Sign of Contradiction.

Oct. 29, 1978: (Deskur) George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 267; In the obituary for the Cardinal published in L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 14 Sept. 2011, p. 11, it is stated: “Deskur was convinced that his serious paralysis, caused by his stoke, three days before the election of John Paul II, was to be seen as direct support, through suffering, for the Pontificate of the first Polish Pope. This situation ‘was confirmed by the Pontiff himself.’ And the first outing Pope John Paul II made after his election was to visit his friend on the 10^th floor of the Gemelli Polyclinic.” (Mentorella) George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 271

Mar. 3, 1979: George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, p. 273

June 2-10, 1979: (Generally) George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, pp.305-23. The homilies and address given by the Pope during this trip to Poland were produced in a book, published by the Daughter of St. Paul and entitled Pilgrim to Poland. The following references are to that book: (Victory Square) pp. 63-72; (Gniezno) pp. 84-98; (Czestochowa) pp. 99-189; (Auschwitz) pp. 201-16

Nov. 1979: (Meeting) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng.Ed.), 10 Dec. 1979; (icon) John Whale et al., The Man Who Leads the Church, pp. 253-55

Aug. 1980: (Strike) George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, pp. 400-02; (picture of Pope) Lech Walesa, The Struggle and the Triumph, p.10. In his autobiography, Walesa states: “During their memorable strike in 1980, the first thing that the Gdansk workers did was to affix a cross, an image of the Virgin Mary and a portrait of John Paul II to the gates of the shipyards. They became symbols of victory.” (pen) Norman Davies, God’s Playground, Vol. 2, p. 485; George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 323. The author of this chronology has seen the pen on display at the museum in the Jasna Gora Monastery. (lapel) Lech Walesa, The Struggle and the Triumph, pp. 289-96. In his autobiography, Walesa devotes an entire chapter, entitled “The Virgin on My Lapel,” to the image.

Dec. 16, 1980: George Weigel, Witness to Hope, pp. 406-07

Jan. 15, 1981: Lech Walesa, A Way of Hope, pp. 164-66; L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 9 Feb.1981, p. 23

Feb. 1981: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 9 Feb. pp. 18-19; George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 394

May 13, 1981: (Assassination attempt) George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, pp. 411-13; (picture placed in chair) Id., at 413. According to Wiegel’s book, one of the pilgrims had written on the back of the picture several days prior to May 13 the words, “May Our Lady Protect the Holy Father from evil.” (Crucitti and compulsion to go the Polyclinic) Speech by Dziwisz at Catholic University of Lublin, 13 May 2001, translated and published in full in L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 30 May 2001, pp. 10-11; (blessing ambulance and first patient) Oder, Why He is a Saint, p. 88. Msgr. Oder is the postulator responsible for the beatifications proceedings for Pope John Paul II. (infection) George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, pp. 415-16

May 17, 1981: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 18 May 1981, p. 6; George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, p. 414

May 28, 1981: Andrej Micewski, Cardinal Wyszynski: A Biography, pp. 10, 454; George Wiegel, Witness to Hope, p. 415.

June 7, 1981: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 15 June 1981, p. 7; speech by Dziwisz at Lublin, translated in L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.),30 May 2001, pp. 10-11; George Weigel, Witness to Hope, pp. 415-16

June 24, 1981: (Apparitions & Queen of Peace) Fr. Rene Laurentin, Is the Virgin Mary Appearing at Medjugorje?, pp. 24-26, 62-63, 79-80; (cross in God’s plan) Fr. Rene Laurentin, Messages and Teachings of Mary at Medjugorje, message of 30 Aug. 1984

July 18, 1981: (Fatima documents) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 28 June 2000, pp. I-II; (Pope’s statement to Bishop Pavel Hnilica S.J.) Bishop Hnilica described this statement and other contacts that he had with the Pope concerning Fatima and Russia in an article which the Bishop had written entitled, “The Mother of God Looks to Russia.” The article was published in the magazine Fatima Family Messenger, July-Sept. 1992, pp. 33-35

Oct. 7, 1981: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 12 Oct. 1981, p. 3

Oct. 1981: (Oct. 13, 1981) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 13 Oct. 1981, p. A7; (Russia and Poland) Fr. Rene Laurentin, Is the Virgin Mary Appearing at Medjugorje?, p. 80

Dec. 8, 1981: (Sermon) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 14 Dec. 1981, p. 1; (mosaic icon) George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 431

Dec. 13, 1981: (General audience) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 21-28 Dec. 1981

Feb. 16, 1982: United Press International articles, Seattle Times, 16 & 17 Feb. 1982; Lech Walesa, The Struggle and the Triumph, pp. 36, 41, & 117. According to Walesa’s autobiography, when Pope John Paul II was introduced to Maria Wiktoria in 1987, the Pope made the V-for-victory sign.

Feb. 17, 1982: National Catholic News Service article, Northwest Progress (Catholic newspaper of the Seattle Archdiocese) , 25 Feb. 1982

Apr. 18, 1982: (Crowded churches) Various newspaper accounts in April 1982

May 12-13, 1982: (Pope’s remarks on arrrival) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 31 May 1982, p. 8; (Pope’s remarks at Mass) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 17 May 1982, pp. 1,3; (consecration) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed), 24 May 1982, pp. 5,12; (meeting with Lucia and second assassination attempt) Associated Press article, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 14 May 1982

June 13, 1982: Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 19 June 1982; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 15 Sept. 1982; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 14 July 1983

July 21, 1982: Seattle Times, 21 July 1982; article by Agostino Bono, National Catholic News Service, Northwest Progress, 29 July 1982

Aug. 13, 1982: (Protests begin) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 15 Aug. 1982; (Victory Square cross) Seattle Times, 22 July 1982; syndicated column by Georgie Anne Geyer, Seattle Times, 27 July 1982; United Press International article, Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 1982; United Press International article, Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 1982; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 18 Aug. 1982; article by Frederick Kempe, “Poland, The Flower Cross Still Stands,” Wall Street Journal, 18 Aug. 1982; (fence) United Press International article, Seattle Times, 21 Aug. 1982; (Castle Square cross) Associated Press articles, Seattle Times, 20 & 22 & 23 Aug. 1982

Aug. 26, 1982: (Events at Czestochowa) National Catholic News Service articles, National Catholic Register, 12 Sept. 1982; Seattle Times, 26 Aug. 1982; (celebration at Castel Gandolfo) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 6 Sept. 1982, pp. 1-2

Oct. 5, 1982: L’Osservatore Romano (Italian daily edition), 7 Oct. 1982, p. 2.

Oct. 8, 1982: Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 1982

Oct. 10, 1982: (Ceremony) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 18 Oct. 1982, pp. 1, 12; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 11 Oct. 1982; (Angelus) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 18 Oct. 1982, p. 2

Nov. 8-12, 1982: (Monday) United Press International article, Seattle Times, 8 Nov. 1982; National Catholic News Service, National Catholic Register, 21 Nov. 1982; syndicated column by Georgie Anne Geyer, Seattle Times, 7 Jan. 1983; article by Marc Frons, Newsweek Magazine, 22 Nov. 1982; (Tuesday) Lech Walesa, A Way of Hope, pp. 238-39; (Wednesday) article by John F. Burns, New York Times, 11 Nov. 1982; (Thursday) Associated Press articles, Seattle Times, 11 & 12 Nov. 1982; (Friday) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 12 Nov. 1982

Nov. 30, 1982: Immaculata, March 1983, p. 29; Religious News Service photo, National Catholic Register, Dec. 1982

Dec. 20, 1982: (Defense Minister’s charge) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 20 Dec. 1982

Jan. 6, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 31 Jan. 1983, pp. 1-3, 12

Jan. 24, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 24 Jan. 1983, p. 2

Feb. 2, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 7 Feb. 1983, pp. 1, 9-10

Feb. 5, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 21 Feb. 1983, p. 2

Feb. 12, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 14 Mar. 1983, p. 8

Apr. 22, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 2 May 1983, pp. 6, 12

May 13, 1983: (Statue) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 23 May 1983, p. 12; (Ignace) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 30 May 1983, pp. 10-11; George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 472

June 16-23, 1983: (Meeting with Jaruzelski) Peter Hebblethwaite, Pope John Paul II and the Church, p. 125; L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 27 June 1983, pp. 4-5; (City of Immaculata) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 27 June 1983, pp. 9-10; (Czestochowa) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 4 July 1983, pp. 9-10; (Walesa) George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 463; (airport) L’Osservatore Romano, 11 July 1983, p. 12; (attendance at Masses) United Press International article, Seattle Times, 18 June 1983; Seattle Times, 19 June 1983; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 22 June 1983

July 5, 1983: (Initiated contacts) Article by Dan Fisher, Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 1983; (arrests) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 16 May 1983, p. 12; National Catholic News Service article, National Catholic Register, 22 May 1983; article by Joan Frawley, National Catholic Register, 10 June 1984; (petitions) National Catholic News Service article, National Catholic Register; 25 Dec. 1983; CCN article, National Catholic Register, 8 Apr. 1984

July 8, 1983: (Agca) United Press International article, Seattle Times, 9 July 1983; (demands) National Catholic News Service article, Northwest Progress, 4 Aug. 1983; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 1984

Aug. 14, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 22-29 Aug. 2003, pp. 1, 16

Aug. 31, 1983: (Plans for Aug. 31 demonstrations) United Press International article, Seattle Times, 3 Aug. 1983; (demonstrations on Aug. 31) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 1 Sept. 1983; Flight KAL 007 was shot down at 1826 UTC, which is 7:26 p.m. in Poland.

Sept. 13, 1983: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 3 Oct. 1983, pp. 7, 11

Sept 29 – Oct. 29, 1983: (Synod) George Weigel, Witness to Hope, pp. 473-74; L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 3 Oct. 1983, pp. 1, 8-9; (canonization) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 24 Oct. 1983, pp. 1, 3; (consecration) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 24 Oct. 1983, p. 2

Dec. 8, 1983: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/1983/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_19831208_vescovi-immacolata-concezione_it.html

Dec. 10, 1983: (Acceptance) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 1983; (special Mass) Lech Walesa, A Way of Hope, p. 291; United Press International article, Seattle Times, 13 Dec. 1983; (peace prize at museum) article by Drusilla Menaker, New York Times, 22 July 1990; Associated Press article, SeattleTimes, 11 Dec. 1983. The author of this chronology has also personally seen the prize in the museum of the Jasna Gora monastery.

Dec. 27, 1983: Article by Henry Kamm, New York Times, 28 Dec. 1983; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 27 Dec. 1983; George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 474

Feb. 9, 1984: Articles by John F. Burns, New York Times, 11 & 15 Feb. 1984; Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 1984

Feb. 26, 1984: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 5 Mar. 1984, p. 1

March 4, 1984: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 26 Mar. 1984, pp. 6-7

March 10-11, 1984: (Protest) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 8 Mar. 1984; article by John Kifner, New York Times, 9 Mar. 1984; (Czestochowa) Seattle Times, 10 & 11 Mar. 1984; (fast by bishop) Los Angeles Times article, Seattle Times, 28 Mar. 1984. The fast was undertaken by Bishop Jan Mazur of the Siedice diocese. (fast by priests and compromise) Associated Press article, New York Times, 7 Apr. 1984

March 24-25, 1984: (Consecration) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 2 Apr. 1984, pp. 8-10;NC News article, National Catholic Register, 8 Apr. 1984; (entire night in prayers before the Fatima statue) Msgr. Luciano Guerra, the rector of the Fatima shrine, attended the ceremony in Rome and was told after the ceremony that the Pope had spent the entire night of March 24-25 in prayer before the image of Our Lady of Fatima from the Cova da Iria. This was related by Msgr. Guerra during a visit to New Jersey in 1999 and was published in Soul Magazine, July-Aug. 1999, p. 5. (Bishop Hnilica in Moscow) The consecration recited in the Kremlin by Bishop Hnilica is described by him in an article which the Bishop had written entitled, “The Mother of God looks to Russia.” The article was published in the magazine Family Fatima Messenger, July-Sept. 1992, pp. 33-35. (Ecumenical Patriarch) NC News article, National Catholic Register, 13 May 1984, based on the letter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate published in the April 21 edition of L’Osservatore Romano.

May 3, 1984: (Prayers on flight to South Korea) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 7 May 1984, p. 3; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 3 May 1984; (death of Romanov) Wall Street Journal, 23 May 1984; (May 12) NC News article, National Catholic Register, 3 June 1984; article by Fr. Kenneth Doyle, NC News, Northwest Progress, 17 May 1984

May 13, 1984: (Pope’s remarks) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 21 May 1984, p. 2; (explosion) New York Times, July 11, 1984, p. A-6; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 10 July 1984

June 19, 1984: Article by Russell Watson, Newsweek Magazine, 2 July 1984, p. 35; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 19 June 1984

Aug. 26, 1984: United Press International article, Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 1984; L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 3 Sept. 1984, pp. 2-3

Sept. 7, 1984: (Death) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 7 Sept. 1984; (Pope’s prayers before bier) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 17 Sept. 1984, p. 11; (Winnipeg) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 8 Oct. 1984, p. 10; New York Times, 17 Sept. 1984

Oct. 19, 1984: Grazyna Sikorska, A Martyr for the Truth: Jerzy Popielusko (Fount 1985), pp. 86, 100-01, 130; (funeral) United Press International article, Seattle Times, 4 Nov. 1984; (beatification) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 9 June 2010, p. 13

March 13, 1985: (Funeral) Article by Serge Schmemann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 1985; Seattle Times, 13 Mar. 1985; (trial set) article by John Thavis, National Catholic News Service, Northwest Progress, 21 Mar. 1985; (Gorbachev) Seattle Times, 11 Mar. 1985

May 3, 1985: (Collision) Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 6 May 1985; United Press International article, Seattle Times, 8 May 1985; Reuters article, Seattle Times, 23 May 1985

May 27, 1985: Articles by John Tagliabue, New York Times, 28 & 29 May 1985; Associated Press article, Seattle Times, 28 May 1985; National Catholic News Service article, Northwest Progress, 30 May 1985; National Catholic News article, National Catholic Register, June 1985

June 2, 1985: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 1985 - no. 27, p. 1

July 7, 1985: “The Methodian Anniversary in Eastern Europe,” Religion in Communist Lands (Keston College), Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 262-63; Reuters article, New York Times, 8 July 1985; Sabrina Ramet, Religion and Nationalism in Soviet and Eastern Europe, p. 283; George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 477

Aug. 25, 1985: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 1985 - no. 35, p. 9

Sept. 9, 1985: Personal experience of the author of this chronology who was in Moscow in September 1985 and who met with Metropolitan Filaret and Patriarch Pimen to give the Czestochowa icon

Oct. 1985: Tablet Magazine, 12 Oct. 1985

Oct. 13, 1985: (Closes jubilee) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 1985 - no. 43, p. 6; (Angelus) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 1985 - no. 42, p. 5; (earthquake) Reuters article, Seattle Times, 14 Oct. 1985

Dec. 1985: George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 570

Dec. 2, 1985: Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate

Jan. 30, 1985: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 10 Feb. 1986

Feb. 10, 1986: United Press International article, Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 1986

March 29, 1986: Article by John Tagiabue, New York Times, 31 Mar. 1986

Apr. 26, 1986: (Evacuation) Reuters article, Seattle Times, 4 June 1986; (Regina Caeli) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 1986 - no. 19, p. 2; (“wormwood” and discussions) article by Serge Schmemann, New York Times, 26 July 1986; (wells) United Press International and Reuters, Seattle Times, 21 Aug. 1986. The digging of the wells was described by Yuri Izrael, chairman of the state committee on the environment.

May 13, 1986: Article, New York Times, 16 May 1986

Aug. 26, 1986: (Pilgrimage) Los Angeles Times and United Press International article, Seattle Times, 22 Sept. 1986; L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 1986 - no. 40, p. 10; (earthquake) Associated Press articles, New York Times, 2 & 4 Sept. 1986; article, Seattle Times, 12 Sept. 1986; (sinking) United Press International article, Seattle Times, 14 Sept. 1986

Sept. 21, 1986: (Fr. Abramek) Keston (College) News Service, No. 260, 2 Oct. 1986. Fr. Abramek made his remarks in a speech before the 4^th All-Polish Pilgrimage of Working People.

Oct. 27, 1986: George Weigel, Witness to Hope, p. 514; NC News article, Northwest Progress, 30 Oct. 1986; L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 1986 - no. 45, p. 24

Jan. 1, 1987: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 6 Jan. 1987, p. 5; article by Agostino Bono, NC News, Northwest Progress, 8 Jan. 1987

Feb. 5, 1987: Article by Bill Keller, New York Times, 8 Feb. 1987

Mar. 25, 1987: (Encyclical letter) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 30 Mar. 1987, p. 1; article by Roberto Suro, New York Times, 26 Mar. 1987; (general audience) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 30 Mar. 1987, p. 25

Apr. 26, 1987: Keston (College) News Service, No. 280, 23 July 1987, pp. 9-11; Keston (College) News Service, No. 285, 8 Oct. 1987, pp. 6-8, referring to a 19 Aug. 1987 article in Literaturnaya Gazeta; article by Jonathon Luxmoore, National Catholic Register, 1990; New York Times, 13 Oct. 1987, pp. 1, 6.

May 23, 1987: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 8 June 1987, pp. 3-4

June 7, 1987: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 15 June 1987, p. 2

June 8-14, 1987: (Generally) George Weigel, Witness to Hope, pp. 543-48; (Krakow) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 20 July 1987, p. 8; (Gdansk) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 3 Aug. 1987, pp. 2-3; (concern and meeting at Jasna Gora) article by Roberto Suro, New York Times, 14 June 1987; (ecumenical representatives) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 6 July 1987, pp. 5, 10

June 28, 1987: (Generally) Keston (College) News Service, No. 280, 23 July 1987, pp. 5-6; (beatification) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 6 July 1987, pp. 6-7; (apostolic letter) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 29 June 1987, pp. 1-3; (Angelus) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 6 July 1987, p. 7

Aug. 4, 1987: NC News article, National Catholic Register, 30 Aug. 1987; interview of Cardinal Lubachivsky, National Catholic Register, 13 Sept. 1987

Aug. 18, 1987: (Ecumenical Patriarch’s visit) Keston (College) News Service, No. 282, 20 Aug. 1987, p. 14; (Mother Teresa’s visit) Keston (College) News Service, No. 282, 20 Aug. 1987, p. 13; NC News article, Northwest Progress, 27 Aug. 1987; article by Associated Press, Seattle Times, 23 Aug. 1987; (biographical information on Mother Teresa) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 22 Oct. 2003, p. 5

Sept. 19, 1987: (Bush) L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 5 Oct. 1987, pp. 10-11; NC News article, Northwest Progress, 27 Sept. 1987; Barbara Bush, Barbara Bush: A Memoir, p. 181;

Sept. 20, 1987: Article by John Tagiabue, New York Times, 21 Sept. 1987; article by United Press International, Seattle Times, 21 Sept. 1987

Oct. 17, 1987: (Pardon) Keston (College) News Service, No. 287, 5 Nov. 1987, p. 6, based on an article in the 31 Oct. 1987 issue of The Times; (invitation) Keston (College) News Service, No. 286, 22 Oct. 1987, p. 9

Nov. 6, 1987: Keston (College) News Service, No. 289, 3 Dec. 1987, p. 4; NC News article, National Catholic Register, 11 Nov. 1987. The speech was given at the celebration in Rome of the 40^th anniversary of the Catholic charitable organization, Aid to the Church in Need (Kirche in Not).

Dec. 3-7, 1987: L’Osservatore Romano (Eng. Ed.), 21-28 Dec. 1987, pp. 6-7; George Weigel, Witness to Hope, pp. 555-57; NC News article, Northwest Progress, 10 Dec. 1987; article by Robert Moynihan, National Catholic Register, 25 Dec. 1987