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WARSAW, Poland — Poland on Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s first pilgrimage to his homeland, unveiling a giant cross monument in central Warsaw in honor of the late Polish-born pontiff.
The 30-foot-tall white granite cross stands on the site where John Paul II delivered a Mass in 1979 in then-communist Poland. The sermon is credited by many with inspiring the country’s nascent pro-democracy groups and giving rise to the Solidarity freedom movement that helped topple communist rule in 1989.
