PopeJohnPaul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May...
PopeJohnPaul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus I; Italian: Giovanni Paolo I; born Albino Luciani [alˈbiːno luˈtʃaːni]; 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was...
On 2 April 2005, PopeJohnPaul II died at the age of 84. His funeral was held on 8 April, followed by the novendiales devotional in which the Catholic...
Square in Vatican City, PopeJohnPaul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered...
PopeJohn XXIII (Latin: Ioannes XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Italian: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; 25 November 1881 –...
PopePaul VI (Latin: Paulus VI; Italian: Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista enˈriːko anˈtɔːnjo...
his reign, PopeJohnPaul II ("The Pilgrim Pope") made 146 pastoral visits within Italy and 104 foreign trips, more than all previous popes combined. In...
Law as Pope Pius XIII (born Lenny Belardo), the comatose popeJohn Malkovich as PopeJohnPaul III (born Sir John Brannox), the titular new pope Silvio...
PopeJohnPaul II reigned as pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State for 26 years from October 1978 to his death, on...
PopeJohnPaul I died suddenly in September 1978, 33 days after his election. Following his death, several conspiracy theories have sprung up. Discrepancies...
Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, reported: The coat of arms for PopeJohnPaul II is intended to be a homage to the central mystery of Christianity...
PopeJohnPaul II made many apologies. During his long reign as Pope, he apologized to Jews, women, people convicted by the Inquisition, Muslims killed...
canonized by PopeJohnPaul II. PopeJohnPaul II canonized 482 saints, including one equipollent canonizations, during his twenty-six-year reign as Pope from...
Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of PopeJohnPaul II. Benedict chose to be known as "Pope emeritus" upon...
PopeJohn XXIII (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) and PopeJohnPaul II (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as popes of the Roman Catholic Church and the...
glass walls to enclose the pope, deemed necessary after the 1981 assassination attempt of PopeJohnPaul II. Some allow the pope to sit, while others are...
PopeJohnPaul II entered the papacy in 1978 as an avid sportsman, enjoying hiking and swimming. The 58-year-old was extremely healthy and active for his...
PopeJohnPaul II visited Ireland from Saturday, 29 September to Monday, 1 October 1979, the first trip to Ireland by a pope. Over 2.5 million people attended...
recently reigning Pope to have been canonised was PopeJohnPaul II, whose cause for canonisation was opened in May 2005. JohnPaul II was beatified on...
"the only person to have the courage to denounce the Pope". However, after the death of PopeJohnPaul in 2005, Paisley expressed sympathy for Catholics...
Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by PopeJohnPaul II. He led the Argentine Church during the December 2001 riots in Argentina...
used by Pope Benedict XIV in 1748 and then by Pope Leo XIII in 1885. PopeJohnPaul II placed it in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Pope Francis...
predecessors Pope Pius IV and PopePaul IV and in the articles on Pope Julius III, PopePaul III, Pope Clement VII, Pope Adrian VI, Pope Leo X, Pope Julius...
The early life of Karol Józef Wojtyła, the future PopeJohnPaul II, covers the period in his life from his birth in 1920 to his ordination to the priesthood...
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