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  2. Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    Pope John Paul II's first foreign journey was a three-country visit to the Dominican Republic, Mexico and the Bahamas in January 1979. Some 18 million people were believed to have greeted the Pope during his stay in Mexico. The Pope's second foreign visit was to his homeland, Poland, in June 1979. [5]

  4. List of popes - Wikipedia

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    The only Dutch pope; last non-Italian to be elected pope until John Paul II in 1978. Tutor of Emperor Charles V. Came to the papacy in the midst of one of its greatest crises, threatened not only by Lutheranism to the north but also by the advance of the Ottoman Turks to the east.

  5. Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    On 2 April 2005, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. His funeral was held on 8 April, followed by the novendiales devotional in which the Catholic Church observed nine days of mourning. [1] In February 1996 Pope John Paul II had introduced revisions to papal funeral ceremonies, including changes to repose and burial formalities.

  6. Early life of Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    If Pope Francis, through the Cardinal Prefect and the voting cardinal and bishop members of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, agrees, the couple would be named "Servants of God", the first stage. If they are then found to have lived a life of heroic virtue, they can be called "Venerable".

  7. Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    One of the bullets that struck Pope John Paul II in 1981 was later encased in the crown of the image of Our Lady of Fatima, in the Sanctuary of Fátima, Portugal. The date of the attempted assassination, 13 May 1981, was the 64th anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to the children at Fátima (13 May 1917).

  8. Pope John Paul II knew about sexual misconduct allegations ...

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    Pope John Paul II knew about sexual misconduct allegations against disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick years before he was removed from priesthood, according to a new report released Tuesday ...

  9. List of saints canonized by Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    John of Dukla: 10 June 1997: Krosno, Poland: 47. Teresa Benedict of the Cross: 11 October 1998 St. Peter's Basilica: 48. Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat: 18 April 1999 49. John Calabria: 50. Agostina Livia Pietrantoni: 51. Kinga (equipollent) 16 June 1999: Stary Sącz, Poland: 52. Cirilo Bertrán and 8 Companions: 21 November 1999 St. Peter ...

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