A kingly pope

A kingly pope

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By Czeslaw Milosz

Friday, 14 January 2011

Among the statesmen, the monarchs, the leaders of the twentieth century, other than Karol Wojtyla, there is not a single figure who could fit our image of kingly majesty. Only he could truly play Shakespeare’s kings.

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