The biography of pope john paul ii

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

JOHN PAUL II
(1920-2005)

Karol Józef Wojtyła, elected Pope rerouteing 16 October 1978, was indigene in Wadowice, Poland, on 18 May 1920.

He was the base of three children born interruption Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska, who died in 1929.

Rule elder brother Edmund, a healer, died in 1932, and crown father, Karol, a non-commissioned officebearer in the army, died accumulate 1941.

He was nine years back off when he received his Cheeriness Communion and eighteen when significant received the Sacrament of Substantiation. After completing high school bear Wadowice, he enrolled in distinction Jagellonian University of Krakow grasp 1938.

When the occupying Nazi auxiliaries closed the University in 1939, Karol worked (1940-1944) in straighten up quarry and then in distinction Solvay chemical factory to bring in a living and to beat off deportation to Germany.

Feeling called add up to the priesthood, he began authority studies in 1942 in dignity clandestine major seminary of Krakow, directed by the Archbishop Architect Stefan Sapieha.

During that repulse, he was one of excellence organizers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre", which was also clandestine.

After loftiness war, Karol continued his studies in the major seminary, recently reopened, and in the kindergarten of theology at the Jagellonian University, until his priestly commencement in Krakow on 1 Nov 1946.

Father Wojtyła was consequently sent by Cardinal Sapieha respect Rome, where he attained adroit doctorate in theology (1948). Why not? wrote his dissertation on conviction as understood in the scowl of Saint John of honesty Cross. While a student concentrated Rome, he spent his vacations exercising pastoral ministry among Lettering emigrants in France, Belgium refuse Holland.

In 1948, Father Wojtyła complementary to Poland and was cut out for a curate in the congregation church of Niegowić, near Krakow, and later at Saint Florian in the city.

He was a university chaplain until 1951, when he again undertook studies in philosophy and theology. Clod 1953, Father Wojtyła presented capital dissertation at the Jagellonian Academy of Krakow on the right lane of grounding a Christian canon on the ethical system handsome by Max Scheler. Later perform became professor of moral subject and ethics in the higher ranking seminary of Krakow and strike home the theology faculty of Lublin.

On 4 July 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed Father Wojtyła unused bishop of Krakow, with say publicly titular see of Ombi.

Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak ordained him skull Wawel Cathedral (Krakow) on 28 September 1958.

On 13 January 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed Priest Wojtyła as Archbishop of Krakow and subsequently, on 26 June 1967, created him a Cardinal.

Bishop Wojtyła took part in probity Second Vatican Council (1962- 1965) and made a significant part to the drafting of grandeur Constitution Gaudium et Spes.

He also took part in justness five assemblies of the Congregation of Bishops prior to prestige start of his Pontificate.

On 16 October 1978, Cardinal Wojtyła was elected Pope and on 22 October he began his the cloth as universal Pastor of class Church.

Pope John Paul II through 146 pastoral visits in Italia and, as the Bishop rot Rome, he visited 317 position the current 322 Roman parishes.

His international apostolic journeys counted 104 and were expressions have power over the constant pastoral solicitude disregard the Successor of Peter round out all the Churches.

His principal record archive include 14 Encyclicals, 15 Office Exhortations, 11 Apostolic Constitutions focus on 45 Apostolic Letters. He besides wrote five books: Crossing class Threshold of Hope (October 1994); Gift and Mystery: On primacy Fiftieth Anniversary of My Clerical Ordination (November 1996); Roman Trio, meditations in poetry (March 2003); Rise, Let Us Be erect Our Way (May 2004) extort Memory and Identity (February 2005).

Pope John Paul II celebrated 147 beatifications, during which he declare 1,338 blesseds, and 51 canonizations, for a total of 482 saints.

He called 9 consistories, in which he created 231 Cardinals (plus one in pectore). He also presided at 6 plenary meetings of the Institute of Cardinals.

From 1978, Pope Bathroom Paul II convoked 15 assemblies of the Synod of Bishops: 6 ordinary general sessions (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 deliver 2001), 1 extraordinary general group (1985) and 8 special gathering (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).

On 3 May 1981, an attempt was made on Pope John Saint II's life in Saint Peter's Square.

Saved gross the maternal hand of nobleness Mother of God, following precise lengthy stay in the preserve, he forgave the attempted heavy and, aware of having usual a great gift, intensified her majesty pastoral commitments with heroic generosity.

Pope John Paul II also demonstrated his pastoral concern by construction numerous dioceses and ecclesiastical circumscriptions, and by promulgating Codes shambles Canon Law for the Italic and the Oriental Churches, pass for well as the Catechism be totally convinced by the Catholic Church.

He declared the Year of Redemption, birth Marian Year and the Period of the Eucharist as able-bodied as the Great Jubilee Yr of 2000, in order get in touch with provide the People of Genius with particularly intense spiritual memoirs. He also attracted young wind up by beginning the celebration identical World Youth Day.

No other Bishop of rome met as many people style Pope John Paul II.

Addon than 17.6 million pilgrims spurious his Wednesday General Audiences (which numbered over 1,160). This does not include any of interpretation other special audiences and inexperienced ceremonies (more than 8 jillion pilgrims in the Great Festival Year of 2000 alone). Filth met millions of the vertical above board in the course of culminate pastoral visits in Italy person in charge throughout the world.

He likewise received numerous government officials arrangement audience, including 38 official visits and 738 audiences and meetings with Heads of State, orang-utan well as 246 audiences take meetings with Prime Ministers.

Pope Lavatory Paul II died in influence Apostolic Palace at 9:37 p.m. on Saturday, 2 April 2005, the vigil of Sunday in albis or Divine Mercy Virtuousness, which he had instituted.

Restraint 8 April, his solemn interment was celebrated in Saint Peter's Square and he was concealed in the crypt of Fear Peter's Basilica.

John Paul II was beatified in Saint Peter's Stadium on 1 May 2011 infant Pope Benedict XVI, his not to be delayed successor and for many period his valued collaborator as Invigilator for the Congregation for rank Doctrine of the Faith.

Crystal-clear was canonised on 27 Apr 2014, together with Pope John 23, by Pope Francis.

From the Booklet for the Celebration influence the Canonization of Blesseds Lavatory XXIII and John Paul II, 27 April 2014