He Leadeth Me: An Extraordinary Testament of Faith

by Walter J. Ciszek

Then he suggested that, since I wanted to remain a priest, I should become a member of the Orthodox Church. He explained how easy it would be for him to arrange that, and also to arrange for me to have a platform from which I might denounce the Pope. He stressed how the Orthodox Church, unlike the Catholic Church, had condemned fascism and was helping the government in the war against totalitarianism. But the Popes had attacked Communism, especially Pius XII, who surely must secretly sympathize with Mussolini and Hitler. That led to long arguments about the Church. Finally, I managed to convince him that the Catholic Church was, to me, at least as meaningful as the Communist Party was to him. I felt toward her the same sense of loyalty and allegiance that he felt to the Communist Party. I could not help it; it was part of me. So we agreed to disagree, and I felt I had won another round.

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