John Paul II – the great Pope, the great person, the great poet.
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John Paul II

John Paul II – the great Pope, the great person, the great poet.

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Karol Wojtyła was born on May 18, 1920. He was the youngest of three children born to Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska. His father was a non-commissioned army officer. Karol’s early life was marked by great loss. His mother died in 1929 when he was nine and his eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 when he was twelve. Since then, Karol lived only with his father. They haven’t got a lot of money however Karol had a very happy childhood. Growing up, Karol was athletic and enjoyed skiing and swimming. He was a deeply religious person in that time.

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Upon graduation from a high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in Krakow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 where he showed an interest in theatre and poetry. At the same time, he moved to Krakow with his father. The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry and then in the ‘Solvay’ chemical factory to earn his living and to avoid being deported to Germany. Wanting to become a priest, John Paul began studying at a secret seminary run by the archbishop of Krakow. At the same time, Karol Wojtyła was one of the pioneers of the clandestine "Rhapsodic Theatre". After the Second World War, he continued his studies in the major seminary of Krakow, once it had re-opened, and in the faculty of theology of the Jagiellonian University. He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Sapieha in Krakow on November 1, 1946. Shortly afterwards, he was sent to Rome. John Paul spent two years in Rome where he finished his doctorate in theology. He returned to his native Poland in 1948 and served in several parishes in and around Krakow. John Paul became the bishop of Ombi in 1958 and then the archbishop of Krakow six years later. Later, he was made a cardinal in 1967 by Pope Paul VI. In 1978, John Paul made history by becoming the first non-Italian pope in more than four hundred years. The Cardinals elected him Pope at the Conclave of 16 October 1978. He took the name of John Paul II.

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As the leader of the Catholic Church, he traveled the world, visiting more than 100 countries to spread his message of faith and peace. John Paul II will be remembered as the Pilgrim Pope. He traveled to more places in the world and spoke to more people than any other pontiff in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.

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John Paul II had a special relationship with Catholic youth and is known by some as 'The Pope for Youth'. Before he was pontiff, he used to camp and mountain hike with the youth. He still went mountain hiking when he was pope. He established World Youth Day in 1984 with the intention of bringing young Catholics from all parts of the world together to celebrate the faith. These week-long meetings of youth occur every two or three years, attracting hundreds of thousands of young people, who go there to sing, party, have a good time and deepen their faith. The 19 World Youth Day's celebrated during his pontificate brought together millions of young people from all over the world. Nowadays, the generation who grew up during the Pope John Paul II’s life and pontificate is called: 'Generation John Paul II'.

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Ever since his youth, John Paul II has had a great passion for literature and philosophy and, during his years as Pope, he has instigated the publication of numerous works of great theological, artistic and contemplative value. In the works, Wojtyła speaks as poet, theologian and philosopher. He also wrote plays. The most popular are: ‘The Jeweler's Shop’ and 'Brother of our God'- this story is a tribute to Adam Chmielowski, a painter who gave up his comfortable life to go and work among the poor, and who was recently canonized as Saint Brother Albert.

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Lots of John Paul II's works are devoted to the state of wonder. Wonder is the primary cognitive impulse towards discovery and research. This is the clear visions that lead to the truth, word, love and wisdom of God the Creator. We can find this majesty of creation in the first panel of 'Roman Triptych- Meditations' . In the first panel - "Stream", the Pope talks of the charm of Nature. A road through a forest, murmur of a mountain stream, vices of Nature but also silence - is something in which we can find God because he is the Creator. However, we have awareness that everything is passing away. Our live make sense only if we put our trust in God.

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John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, at his Vatican City residence. More than three million people waited in line to say good-bye to their beloved religious leader at St. Peter's Basilica before his funeral on April 8. Church officials began the process of making John Paul II a saint soon after his death, waving the usual five-year waiting period.

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