[2] The complex comprises the Church of Divine Providence, the Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński, and the Pantheon of Great Poles.

The King accepted the classicist design of his royal architect, Jakub Kubicki,[2] for the Temple, which was to be built on the plan of a Greek cross.

After Poland regained independence in 1918 the Sejm of the restored Second Polish Republic passed an act to build the shrine on 17 March 1921.

The budget was also to finance a perpetual scholarship to order Masses celebrated in the intention of the Homeland and for the souls of all Poles who died for the country.

The Committee on Commemorating Marshal Józef Piłsudski, created after his death, chaired by President Ignacy Mościcki, decided to carry out the project.

The Committee announced a tender and chose Bohdan Pniewski's design:[2] a building of the constructivist style with a tower that would resemble the skyscrapers of New York.

[2] In January 2002, the Primate chose the final design of the shrine by the architects' team directed by Wojciech and Lech Szymborski, with an estimated cost of around 40 million euros.

The ceremony was attended by President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Beata Szydło, speakers of both houses of parliament and other politicians.

[7] The complex of Divine Providence will house a multi-media museum dedicated to Pope John Paul II and to Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński.

The centre for documenting the Polish Pope's pontificate and the pastoral ministry of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński will be in the modern museum.

Inside the crypt for the honoured are buried: In 2022, the remains of three former presidents in exile, Władysław Raczkiewicz, August Zaleski and Stanisław Ostrowski, were transferred from the Polish cemetery in Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom, to the Temple for reburial.