His eyes tell the whole story — Karol Wojtyła, now known as St. John Paul the Great, spoke movingly about September 1, 1939, the true start of World War II. His unique vantage point: He was there when the global conflict began and he provided the Divine “spark from Poland’’ that won the Cold War that resulted from that terrible Second World War. Collage by Joseph Serwach with public domain photos.

September 1 Still Matters

St. John Paul: “Armed force, science, technology” gave us “the illusion of becoming the sole master of nature and history’’

We forget how history’s deadliest war began: We forgot God. If we recall World War II, we talk of days like D-Day, December 7 or nukes. We ignore the true origin story of September 1, 1939 — so its root causes…