On September 17, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland.  Stalin helped defeat the Nazis, but it was not with the intention of freeing the Polish people.  Under communist rule, 150,000 Poles were massacred and thousands tortured and imprisoned. The long years of oppression ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991, and the last of the USSR troops left Poland in September of 1993.  However, the beginning of their liberation came with a spiritual awakening sparked by the election of John Paul II as the first Polish pope in Catholic history. On June 2, 1979, when the world watched Pope John Paul II speak in Victory Square, Warsaw, Poland, it was a prophetic moment foreshadowing freedom for the Polish people.  While John Paul II was giving his sermon, the crowd erupted in a chant of "We want God!  We want God!  We want God!"  Millions of Polish citizens were moved not only by his words, but also by the response of the...(Read Full Post)