Pope John Paul II loved journalists so much, even when they wrote badly!". This is the witty remark that opened the speech of card. Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Cracow and for 39 years John Paul II’s special secretary, during the press conference on the preview of the "docu-fiction" "Testimonianza". "I remember that once, after a trip he told the press , the Pope read an article and said: ‘I deserved even worse than that!’, so he always retained its freedom". As to the birth of the book "Una vita con Karol", Dziwisz explained: "I thought it was my duty towards John Paul II, who, in his goodness, wanted to stand me for 39 years! It was my duty towards the people who do not want to forget John Paul II, want to know more about his identity, his person: so I felt it was my duty to write". "My relationship with John Paul II revealed the cardinal was a filial relationship. For me, he was a father, and you are never on first-name terms with your father… I tried to follow him and later on to help him: it was a filial, family relationship". As to any objection to "Testimonianza" as an "excessively Polish" film, Dziwisz answered: "John Paul II was proud to be Polish: ‘I want to serve the Church as a Pole’, he used to say, ‘the Polish Church prepared me for this task" (continued).
