Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of my transition

Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of my transition

Once you know it, you can’t un-know it. That’s something I think about when I reflect on the moment that I realized I was trans back in 2003. The fact that once I came to the true realization that I am a man, there was no turning back. Throughout my life, I had experienced tremendous suffering and abuse at the hands of people that were supposed to have loved me. I carried it with me and it weighed on me in ways that led to self-harm, self-doubt …

My Reflections on Serving John Paul II—on the 20th Anniversary of His Passing

On the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death, reflections highlight his leadership, faith, and personal interactions with people he inspired.

"89 official visits to our church have been documented, during which first the bishop, then the archbishop, and then Cardinal Karol Wojtyła celebrated Holy Masses and gave lectures."

"Abortus and euthanasia sunt crimina quae nulla lex humana legitimare potest". A text that is still topical and unremovable in the social doctrine of the Catholic Church. On 30 March 1995, Pope John Paul II published the encyclical Evangelium vitae (The Gospel of Life), a fundamental text that gives the position of the Catholic Church on the sanctity of human life in the face of abortion.

The Holy Masses in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary — on Wednesday, April 2, at noon and at 8 p.m. — will be the culmination of the Wadowice celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the death of John Paul II. An open-air exhibition will also be opened on the market, and the cinema will show a 2005 film entitled “21.37”. Małgorzata Targosz-Storch from the Wadowice magistrate said that the article Wadowice prepare for the 2…