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Nations visited by Pope John Paul II During his reign, Pope John Paul II ("The Pilgrim Pope") made 146 pastoral visits within Italy and 104 foreign trips, more than all previous popes combined. In total he logged more than 1,167,000 km (725,000 mi). He consistently attracted large crowds on his travels, some among the largest ever assembled. While some of his trips (such as to the United ...
Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła, Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; [b] 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage ...
Pope John Paul II Memorial (Boston) Chicago (2) Wyandotte, Michigan; Denver; Hamtramck, Michigan; See also. Pope John Paul II topics This page was last edited on 1 ...
John Paul II: Unknown St. Peter's Basilica See Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II.Tomb formerly occupied by John XXIII. Unknown His body was moved from the Vatican grottoes to the chapel of Saint Sebastian after his beatification on 1 May 2011. The inscription "Beatvs" was changed in April 2014 to "Sanctvs" for his canonization. 19 April 2005
The body of John Paul II was dressed in his vestments and moved to the Clementine Hall on the third level (considered the second floor) of the Apostolic Palace on 3 April. [9] By 6 April, a million people had seen John Paul II's remains lying in state in St. Peter's Basilica.
The approximate location of the shooting, marked by a stone tablet, in St. Peter's Square. On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck twice and suffered severe blood loss.
[15] [16] He was the first to travel by airplane as pope, the first to leave Italy since 1809, and the first to visit North America, South America, Africa, Oceania, and Asia as pope. [17] [18] Pope John Paul II travelled more miles as pope than all his predecessors combined, and as a result he was seen—in person—by more people than anyone ...
Pope John Paul II beatified 1,344 people. [1] [2] The names listed below are from the Holy See website and are listed by year, then date.The locations given are the locations of the beatification ceremonies, and not necessarily the birthplaces or homelands of the beatified.