Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     1
Introduction     7
Brief Outline of Polish History     32
Short Biography - Karol Jozef Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)     38
Cared For by Women, Educated by Men     45
Wojtyla's Mother and Early Life     45
Life in Pre-World War II Poland     58
Passion for Theater     64
Male Role Models     67
Relationships with Girls during Student Years     86
Priest and Young Women     93
Talking to Male Students     117
Talking to Female Students     122
Women Taking Care of Wojtyla     126
Marxism, Second Sex and Wojtyla's Feminist Philosophy     148
Feminist Theories and History     148
Liberal-Democratic Roots of Modern Feminism     150
De Beauvoir's Marxism and Feminist Scholarship     154
Wojtyla's Response to Marxist and Liberal Feminism     162
Liberal Critics of John Paul II     165
Feminist Reading of History and Criticism of American Values     168
Post-Christian Feminists     175
New Feminists and Solidarity of Love     189
Liberal or Conservative Pope?     195
Wojtyla's Theological ArgumentBehind the Ban on Women-Priests     199
Genocide and Abortion     203
Polish Roots     206
The Romantic Tradition     206
Women from Poland's History: Saint Jadwiga     226
Polish Descendents of Amazons - Powerful at Home     230
Wojtyla's Pacifism and Sense of Duty     237
The Positivist (Liberal) Tradition     240
Women in Communist-Ruled Poland     246
Commitment to the Family and Women's Role at Home     257
Wojtyla and Pro-Choice Feminists     268
Women and Social Solidarity     271
Focused on the Past - Explaining John Paul II to Westerners     278
Significant Women, War, Genocide and Abortion     284
Dr. Wanda Poltawska s and Karol Wojtyla's Views on Love and Sex     285
Wojtyla on Female Orgasm     290
Celibacy Rules     292
Wojtyla and Dr. Poltawska Urge Paul VI to Ban Contraception     295
Teaching Natural Birth Control
The Pill - Links between Contraception and Abortion     298
Fighting for Human Dignity     301
Saint Maximilian Kolbe     309
WW II Genetic Killings Key to Understanding Wojtyla's Pro-Life Stands     324
Abortions in Nazi Concentration Camps      331
Suffering of Women in Soviet Camps     335
Polish Women as Fighters During WWII     336
Victims of War Crimes and Western Feminists - Different Perspectives     338
Dr. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka     339
Unsuccessful Dialogue with Western Women     350
Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross)     351
John Paul II and Mother Teresa     359
The Cairo Conference and the Clinton Administration     362
John Paul II and Evangelical Religious Right in the U.S.     365
Abortion - the "Culture of Life" versus the "Culture of Death"     389
Black Genocide     398
Papal Impact on the Abortion Debate in the U.S.     401
Abortion and Death Penalty in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections     408
Contraception versus Love - Agenda for Polish Women 1947-1978     414
Progressive within the Polish Church     414
Birth Control and Poland's Population Losses     418
Love and Responsibility     424
Family Counseling in the Krakow Archdiocese     430
Wojtyla s Contribution to Humanae vitae - Encyclical on the Regulation of Birth     433
Wojtyla Defends Humanae vitae     438
Wojtyla and Medical Profession     445
Help for Single Mothers     453
Women-Priests     462
Familiaris consortio - On the Family     462
Mulieris dignitatem - Dignity and Vocation of Women     464
Ordinatio sacerdotalis - Reserving Priestly Ordination to Men Alone     469
Conservative and Liberal Arguments on Women-Priests     474
The Infallibility Argument     489
Women and Priests in the Third World     491
Ludmila Javorova - First Ordained Catholic Woman-Priest     494
Women Clergy in Poland: Felicja Kozlowska     497
Polish National Catholic Church     500
Letter to the Beijing World Conference on Women     504
Appeal to Women for Forgiveness     513
"Different but Equal" and American Slavery     517
End of Dialogue?     519
Wojtyla's Theory of Gender Complementarity and Equal Dignity     530
Polish Friends Defend Wojtyla's Views on Women, Family and Feminism     531
Wojtyla's "New Feminism"     536
John Paul II's Views on Homosexual Marriages     540
Poland - Practical Applications of John Paul II's Ideas for Women     542
Havel, Gandhi and Alternative Views of Western Feminism     553
What to Expect from the New Pope     557
American Catholics and the New Pope     557
Dismissal of Western Liberalism     559
How to Evaluate John Paul II and Benedict XVI     566
Sources and Communist Spy Scandal at the Vatican     589
Select Bibliography     615
Notes     624