John Paul II's visits to his native country in 1979 and 1983 brought support to the budding solidarity movement and encouraged the growing anti-communist fervor there. In 1979, less than a year after becoming pope, John Paul celebrated Mass in Victory Square in Warsaw and ended his sermon with a call to "renew the face" of Poland: Let Thy Spirit descend! Let Thy Spirit descend and renew the face of the land! This land! These words were very meaningful for the Polish citizens who understood them as the incentive for the democratic changes.
What did John Paul II's visits in 1979 and 1983 encourage?
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John Paul II's visits to his native country in 1979 and 1983 brought support to the budding solidarity movement and encouraged the growing anti-communist fervor there.
John Paul II's visits to his native country in nineteen seventy-nine and nineteen eighty-three brought support to the budding solidarity movement and encouraged the growing anti-communist fervor there.
What did John Paul II's visits in nineteen seventy-nine and nineteen eighty-three encourage?