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Jul 22, 2019 · John Paul II was beatified in Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI, his immediate successor and for many years his valued collaborator as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He was canonised on 27 April 2014, together with Pope John XXIII, by Pope Francis.
Saint John Paul II, orig. Karol Wojtyła, (born May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Pol.—died April 2, 2005, Vatican City; beatified May 1, 2011; canonized April 27, 2014; feast day October 22), Pope (1978–2005), the bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first ever from a Slavic country.
He was beatified on May 1 and canonized with Pope John XXIII on April 27, 2014. William B. Blakemore The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Legacy. John Paul II, 1997. John Paul II was, in a real sense, the first globally oriented pope.
S. Ioannes Paulus PP. II Karol Wojtyla 16.X.1978 - 2.IV.2005. John Paul II. Angelus / Regina Caeli. 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984
Apr 26, 2024 · John Paul II, who as a priest had experienced the Nazi horror in his native Poland and as a bishop the suffocating Communist dictatorship, as Pope faced, with prophetic tenacity, the confrontation between the two blocs of the Cold War leading up to the dramatic dissolution of the Soviet Union and the consequent illusion of the “end of history”.
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. Ağca was apprehended immediately and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court.
Beginning Pontificate: 16,22.X.1978: End Pontificate: 2.IV.2005: Secular Name: Karol Wojtyła: Birth: Wadowice (Kraków) Website: http://www.vatican.va/content/john ...
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