{"id":140993,"date":"2017-01-10T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/be-not-afraid-a-retreat-guide-on-st-john-paul-ii\/"},"modified":"2024-09-29T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T20:20:30","slug":"be-not-afraid-a-retreat-guide-on-st-john-paul-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/be-not-afraid-a-retreat-guide-on-st-john-paul-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Not Afraid: A Retreat Guide on St. John Paul II"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"140993\" class=\"elementor elementor-140993\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ad13829 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ad13829\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b917c53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b917c53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When Karol Wojtyla, the Archbishop of Krakow, Poland, emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in Rome after being chosen by the conclave of cardinals as Pope John Paul II, he made history. 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