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Karol is a biography of Karol Wojtyła, later known as Pope John Paul II, beginning in 1939 when Karol was only 19 years old and ending at the 1978 papal election that made him Pope. The TV miniseries was initially to air in early April 2005 in the Vatican , but it was delayed due to the Pope's death.
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was elected Pope John Paul II by the second conclave on 16 October 1978. The papal conclaves of August 1978 and of October 1978 were respectively convened to elect a pope , the leader of the Catholic Church , to succeed Paul VI and John Paul I following their respective deaths on 6 August 1978 and on 28 September 1978.
The pope, in tribute to his immediate predecessor, then took the name of John Paul II. He became the first non- Italian pope since Adrian VI , who reigned from 1522 to 1523. At 6:19 p.m. local time (17:19 UTC ), the white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, announcing to the public that a new pope had been elected. [ 4 ]
Paul VI makes Karol Wojtyła (the future Pope John Paul II) a cardinal in 1967. Paul VI with Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) who was created cardinal in the 1977 consistory. Pope Paul VI held six consistories between 1965 and 1977 that raised 143 men to the cardinalate in his fifteen years as pope: 22 February 1965, 27 cardinals
According to George Weigel, Paul VI named Archbishop Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) to the commission, but Polish government authorities would not permit him to travel to Rome. Wojtyła had earlier defended the church's position from a philosophical standpoint in his 1960 book Love and Responsibility. Wojtyła's position was strongly ...
The media contrasted the new pope's athleticism and trim figure to the poor health of John Paul I and Paul VI, the portliness of John XXIII and the constant claims of ailments of Pius XII. The only modern pope with a fitness regimen had been Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), who was an avid mountaineer.
Papal travel is a thing of the modern era, starting with Pope Paul VI, who became the first pontiff to leave Italy in more than 150 years when he made his famous pilgrimage to the Holy Land in ...
Karol: The Pope, The Man is a 2006 TV miniseries directed by Giacomo Battiato chronicling Pope John Paul II's life as pope in flashbacks. [1] It covers the period of his life from the October 22, 1978 papal inauguration to his death in 2005.