Jan Paweł II – papież komunikacji i historycznego przełomu
John Paul II – the Pope of Communication and Historical Change

Summary/Abstract: The Author wished to look at the pontificate of Pope John Paul II from the perspective of „the communication of faith”. Doing this he first speaks of the „trait of suffering”, which was a characteristic of his ministry. Next, he considers the authority of the witness given by John Paul II, which was an essential reinforcement of papal authority. On this background the Author further gives a presentation of the mass-media world as the first „areopagus” of the Pilgrim-Pope. He shows, among other things, a „hidden” dimension of the Pope’s voyages, which is: the „media” dimension; and also describes what is called the papal „electronic aureole”. This article is thus a contribution towards presenting the „media profile” of Pope John Paul II and showing his ministry as a pontificate of „historical change”.

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