The Polish people, as I stated above, didn't have the documents of Vatican II until the 1980's.  There were documents which attempted to disguise this, such as the letter "Tertio Millenio Adveniente" which stated that Vatican II brought "a new era" but says that Catholics have yet to find the meaning or impact of the Council: "In the universal Church and in the particular churches, was the ecclesiology of communion described in LUMEN GENTIUM strengthened?  Does it leave room for charisms, ministries, and different forms of participation by the People of God, without adopting notions borrowed from democracy and sociology which do not reflect the Catholic vision of the Church,  and the authentic spirit of Vatican II?  John Paul II, himself, missed the postconciliar era and ignored it.  His politics repressed local episcopacies and ignored the expansion of lay ecclesial ministry.
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Tertio Millenio Adveniente 18, 20, 23 [36]