Ahead of his Oct. 22 feast day, Bishop Donald J. Hying reflects on St. John Paul II, the Polish pope he calls his spiritual father. He traces the saint’s life from his boyhood in Wadowice through the Nazi occupation, his secret formation for the priesthood, and his fearless stand against communism, to a papacy that carried the Gospel to every corner of the world. Bishop Hying also shares how, as a 16-year-old scrubbing restaurant fryers at 2 a.m., he heard the pope speak to America’s young people on the radio and knew God was calling him to be a priest.