Catholic Ethos Caught Up in Culture War Dividing Europe

Catholic Ethos Caught Up in Culture War Dividing Europe

WSJ—When Pope John Paul II visited Ireland and his native Poland in 1979, these two redoubts of Catholic faith seemed to be on a similar path. Millions gathered to listen to the pontiff in Dublin and in Warsaw. In Poland, the wave of religious fervor after the trip catalyzed resistance, spurring the Solidarity movement the…