Although it has already been ten years since John Paul’s II death, vast majority of Poles keep declaring that they know his teaching (70%) and follow it in their life (68%) as well as accepting moral authority of the pope. For almost all adult Poles John Paul II still serves as a role model (95%), with two thirds (65%) stressing that opinion. Despite great sympathy and respect paid to pope Francis, John Paul II is more often accepted as a moral authority than the present pope (11-point-difference).

More on that issue can be found in the CBOS report in Polish: „John Paul II in Collective Memory Ten Years after His Death”.