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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.
Pope Francis celebrating the Holy Mass in front of the Divine Mercy image at the World Youth Day 2016. Kowalska was a Polish nun who joined the convent of Our Lady of Mercy , in Warsaw , in 1925. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In her diary, which was later published as the book Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul , Kowalska wrote about a number of visions of Jesus and ...
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
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.
He was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani by Paul VI on June 26, 1967, during the same consistory that elevated Archbishop Karol Wojtyła of Kraków, Poland. Both were cardinal electors in the conclaves of August and October 1978. Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II in the latter conclave, and Krol ...
Love and Responsibility is a book written by Karol Wojtyła before he became Pope John Paul II and was originally published in Polish in 1960 and in English in 1981. [1] [2] [3] A new translation was published in 2013. [4]
Karol Józef Wojtyła (jr) was born on 18 May 1920 in Wadowice near the city of Kraków in southern Poland, the youngest of three children. [1] His father was Karol Józef Wojtyła (senior), born on 18 July 1879 in Lipnik (now part of Bielsko-Biała). He was a non-commissioned officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army and a captain in the Polish Army.
Paul VI, who was elected on 21 June 1963 and died on 6 August 1978. John Paul I, who was elected on 26 August 1978 and died thirty-three days later on 28 September 1978. John Paul II, who was elected on 16 October 1978 and held the position until his death 26 years, 5 months, and 18 days later on 2 April 2005.