In his entire life John Paul II was “a genuine man”, and he still is a witness of Truth, a witness of the truth about God, the truth about man, the truth about the world, the truth in history, the truth of conscience, the truth in the media, the truth in education and upbringing, etc. It can be said that he not only resides in “the refulgence of truth”, but he constantly reveals it for the contemporary man. My analyses aim to show the timelessness of his genuineness, that is to show truth in the refulgence of John Paul II’s ideas and activities. By being a witness of truth, John Paul II expresses a deep conviction that the search for “ultimate truth”, universal truth, is a fundamental duty of every single human being. Therefore, John Paul II’s teachings and activities can by all means be regarded as the refulgence of Truth in which a genuine man can be formed and shaped – a man of upright and genuine conscience.
Key words: John Paul II, truth, man, conscience, God, philosophy of man, ethics, personalism