In it, the Polish Senate pays tribute to "the Pope of hope, the great son of the Polish nation, who was a spiritual guide, a witness to faith and a peace-carrier."
The resolution says that John Paul II taught Poles "how to live, proceeding along the path of sacrificial service and responsibility for another human being."
It describes the Polish pope as "a moral authority of our time, who showed the road to truth in the civilization of life to all men, irrespective of one’s views, religious creed or background, in the spirit of reconciliation."
The Senate resolution further says: "We trust that the Pope’s mission of building a civilization of love based on such universal values as freedom, justice, peace and solidarity, will become the foundation of our actions.
"These truths, deeply rooted in the hearts of the Polish people should characterise our activities both in our homeland and in the international scene."
The resolution quotes from John Paul II's address to the Polish parliament on June 11, 1999: "When the promotion of the dignity of the person is the guiding principle, and when the search for the common good is the overriding commitment, then solid and lasting foundations for building peace are laid.
"But when human rights are ignored or scorned, and when the pursuit of individual interests unjustly prevails over the common good, then the seeds of instability, rebellion and violence are inevitably sown."
John Paul II served as pope from October 16, 1978 until his death on April 2, 2005.
He was the third longest-serving pontiff in history and was declared a saint in 2014
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