13 April 2013

POLAND : Pope John Paul 2 Statue Unveiled In Czestochowa.


      A  5-ton...45-foot fiberglass statue of Polish Pope John Paul 2...was officially unveiled in Czestochowa, Poland.
       It was paid for by businessman Leszek Lyson...who credits the late Pope with saving his son from drowning in Croatia in 2010.
      It is 5 feet taller than another JP2 statue in Chile.
      Pope John Paul 2 died in 2005...at age 84... after a long illness.
      In 2011...he was 'beatified'...the last step before sainthood.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308591/Worlds-tallest-statue-Pope-John-Paul-II-funded-tycoon-believes-pontiff-saved-drowning-son.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
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