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Popes Saint John Paul II, as a baby being carried by his mother Emilia Wojtyla / Credits - Public Domain |
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May 18, 2022 marks the 102nd year since the birth of Saint John Paul II, we recall that his mother Emilia Wojtyla, despite having had pregnancy complications, had said yes to life and no to abortion. Thanks to her, the Church had one of the greatest Pope in history.
In a passage from the book “Closer to the heart. Sketches of the youth of Karol Wojtyła - John Paul II”, this event is explained.
A neighbor of Mrs. Wojtyla, Maria Siwcowa, a resident of Wadowice, where Karol was born, recounted that when Emilia was in her second month of pregnancy, Dr. Jan Moskala, then a well-known gynecologist, diagnosed a high-risk pregnancy, explaining that no one can carry it to term and that the child would not be born healthy.
So he advised Emilia to have an abortion. This situation was confirmed by two friends of Emilia: Maria Kaczorowa and Helena Szczepańska.
In a passage from the book “Closer to the heart. Sketches of the youth of Karol Wojtyła - John Paul II”, this event is explained.
A neighbor of Mrs. Wojtyla, Maria Siwcowa, a resident of Wadowice, where Karol was born, recounted that when Emilia was in her second month of pregnancy, Dr. Jan Moskala, then a well-known gynecologist, diagnosed a high-risk pregnancy, explaining that no one can carry it to term and that the child would not be born healthy.
So he advised Emilia to have an abortion. This situation was confirmed by two friends of Emilia: Maria Kaczorowa and Helena Szczepańska.
The conversation with Maria Kaczorowa was recorded in 1985 by Roman Gajczak and her statement was included in the aforementioned book, which further indicates that at that time Mrs. Kaczorowa was perhaps the last person alive who had known Emilia well. Although she was old and bedridden, she had a great memory.
Wadowice's midwife, Jadwiga Tatarowa, who cared for Emilia during her pregnancy, was well aware of the risk to the mother and Karol. From her testimony, Emilia suffers because of the advice to have an abortion given to her by the most famous obstetrician in Wadowice.
The Rector of the Wadowice Basilica at the time, Rev. Fr. Jakub Gil, confirmed that it was Mrs. Wojtyła's deep faith that made her say no to abortion, although she certainly feared for her own life and that of the child she was carrying in her belly.
Dr. Moskala had a reputation for being a serious professional, but he was also a well-known abortionist, to the point that someone wrote on the wall of his office building: "The Angel Factory."
Karol's parents then decided to go to another doctor of Jewish origin, Samuel Taub, who confirmed the risk of complications, including the possibility that Emilia might die. However, he did not propose an abortion and agreed to monitor the pregnancy.
Although the medical records of Emilia Wojtyla no longer exist and all the testimonies are oral, the reliability of the facts is given by direct witnesses, whose statements coincide.
During Pope John Paul II's visit to Wadowice in 1979, seeing his mother's friend, Mrs. Helena Szczepańska, he asked to meet her and that same day they talked in the Wadowice parish.
The postulator of the cause of beatification of the Pilgrim Pope, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, recalls that the activity of Saint John Paul II for the good of humanity has not ended, since many healings are produced through his intercession.
On the occasion of the 101th anniversary of the birth of the Polish Pope, Krzysztof Witkowski, director of the John Paul II Currency Museum in Czestochowa, and Artur Witkowski, from the Czestochowa Pontifical Mint, announced the release of a single currency, minted in 27 copies, one for each year of his pontificate.
The money raised will go towards a big concert in Czestochowa and equipping a local homeless clinic.
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