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John Paul II
Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century, as well as the third-longest-serving pope in history, after St. Peter and Pius IX. In addition to this, he was an important philosopher and theologian of the 20th century.
culture · Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005 · also John Paul II, Pope John Paul II, II
Born 18 May 1920 · Died 2 April 2005 · Q989
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Could I forget that the event in St. Peter's Square took place on the day and at the hour when the first appearance of the Mother of Christ to the poor little peasants has been remembered for over sixty years at Fátima, Portugal? For in everything that happened to me on that very day, I felt that extraordinary motherly protection and care, which turned out to be stronger than the deadly bullet.
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Priests and candidates for the priesthood often live at a level both materially and educationally superior to that of their families and the members of their own age group. It is therefore very easy for them to succumb to the temptation of thinking of themselves as better than others. When this happens, the ideal of priestly service and self-giving dedication can fade, leaving the priest dissatisfied and disheartened.
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Nature, exuberant and splendid in this area of forests and lakes, impregnates spirits and hearts with its mystery and orients them spontaneously toward the mystery of He who is the author of life. It is this religious sentiment that animates you and one can say that animates all of your compatriots.
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“Bóg powiedział raz: nie zabijaj. Nie może człowiek – ktokolwiek, jakakolwiek ludzka organizacja… – nie może zmienić i podeptać tego najświętszego prawa Boga! (…) Konieczna jest kultura życia! W imię Chrystusa, ukrzyżowanego i zmartwychwstałego, w imię Chrystusa, który jest Życiem, który jest Drogą, Prawdą i Życiem, zwracam się do odpowiedzialnych: nawróćcie się! Pewnego dnia przyjdzie sąd Boży!”
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“Opis: do uczestników uroczystości otwarcia Miejsca Pamięci na terenie byłego niemieckiego obozu zagłady SS-Sonderkommando Belzec w Bełżcu na Zamojszczyźnie.”
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“Antysemityzm jest grzechem przeciwko Bogu i ludzkości.”
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“A siły ducha są w człowieku. I działa też w sercach ludzkich miłość, która jest z Ducha Świętego.”
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“A po maturze chodziliśmy na kremówki.”
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“Opis: odpowiedź na pytanie dziecka, czy w dzieciństwie bił się z chłopakami.”
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“Opis: o wybuchu II wojny światowej i historii Polski.”
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“Could I forget that the event in St. Peter's Square took place on the day and at the hour when the first appearance of the Mother of Christ to the poor little peasants has been remembered for over sixty years at Fátima, Portugal? For in everything that happened to me on that very day, I felt that extraordinary motherly protection and care, which turned out to be stronger than the deadly bullet.”
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“Priests and candidates for the priesthood often live at a level both materially and educationally superior to that of their families and the members of their own age group. It is therefore very easy for them to succumb to the temptation of thinking of themselves as better than others. When this happens, the ideal of priestly service and self-giving dedication can fade, leaving the priest dissatisfied and disheartened.”
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“Nature, exuberant and splendid in this area of forests and lakes, impregnates spirits and hearts with its mystery and orients them spontaneously toward the mystery of He who is the author of life. It is this religious sentiment that animates you and one can say that animates all of your compatriots.”
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“When Pope John Paul II kissed the ground at the Warsaw airport he began the process by which Communism in Poland—and ultimately elsewhere in Europe—would come to an end.”
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“correct practice of sexuality, which presupposes chastity and fidelity”
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“What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.”
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“May the desire for freedom, peace, a more humane world symbolised by this medal inspire men and women of goodwill in every time and place.”
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“I believe in youth with all my heart and with all the strength of my conviction.”
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Sports Illustrated: Bishop Stang vs St. John Paul II Boys Ice Hockey - Dec 16, 2026
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WNCT: John Paul II Kicks Off 2026 Season in Gatlinburg
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Sports Illustrated: St. John Paul II vs Scottsboro Baseball - Mar 6, 2027
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infovaticana: Pope Leo XIV asks Roche to respect the rites promulgated by Paul VI and John Paul II
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Sports Illustrated: St. John Paul II vs Westminster School at Oak Mountain Boys Soccer - Feb 20, 2027
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Denver Catholic: St. John Paul II High School Coming to Loveland for First School Year
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The Herald: Tributes paid after death of priest who led Pope John Paul II visit to Glasgow
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MaxPreps: St. John Paul II High School (Huntsville, AL) Baseball
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bdtonline.com: Slovakia Pope John Paul II
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MaxPreps: St. John Paul II Academy (Boca Raton, FL) Football
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MaxPreps: John Paul II High School (New Braunfels, TX) Volleyball
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MaxPreps: Schedule - John Paul II Cardinals (Plano, TX) Football 26-27
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MaxPreps: St. John Paul II High School (Huntsville, AL) Football
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Sports Illustrated: Bay Area Christian vs St. John Paul II Football - Oct 23, 2026
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Sports Illustrated: North Star vs John Paul II Football - Aug 28, 2026
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Sports Illustrated: Corpus Christi Coastal Christian Homeschool vs John Paul II Football - Sep 18, 2026
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TVP World: Ukraine to issue coin honoring Poland’s Pope John Paul II
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MaxPreps: Pope John Paul II High School (Hendersonville, TN) Volleyball
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Sports Illustrated: Jupiter Christian vs St. John Paul II Academy Football - Sep 18, 2026
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MaxPreps: St. John Paul II Academy (Boca Raton, FL) Baseball
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ua.news: The National Bank of Ukraine will issue a commemorative coin in honor of John Paul II
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UNITED24 Media: Ukraine to Honor Pope John Paul II With Commemorative Coin Marking 25 Years Since Historic Visit
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Межа. Новини України.: Ukraine’s Central Bank Will Issue a Coin Marking John Paul II’s Visit
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Національний банк України: Speech by NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy Announcing the Decision to Issue a Commemorative Coin Honoring Saint Pope John Paul II
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USA Today rated the claim “Vatican hid a picture of Pope John Paul II and the Virgin Mary for years” False.
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News Mobile rated the claim “Late Pope John Paul II's body has not shown any signs of decomposition even after 12 years” False.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Pope John Paul II's body shows no signs of decomposition after being exhumed recently” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “Image shows Pope John Paul II with future popes Benedict and Francis” Altered.
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USA Today rated the claim “Image shows Pope John Paul II with future popes Benedict, Francis” Partly False.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows Pope John Paul II with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.” True.
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Jack Koehler, a journalist and former army intelligence officer, published Spies in the Vatican: The Soviet Union's Cold War Against the Catholic Church
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The church asserted that the scandal was a very serious problem and estimated that it was "probably caused by 'no more than 1 per cent'", or 5,000, of the over 500,000 Catholic priests worldwide
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Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 launched another investigation and on 1 May 2010 announced a declaration about the crimes of the founder of the Legionaries), and to Pope John Paul II, who dared to give the green light to the L
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Recalled: "I remember that at least a third of my classmates at elementary school in Wadowice were Jews
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“Opis: do młodzieży, fragment orędzia na XX Światowy Dzień Młodzieży 2005.”
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John Paul II hosted the "Papal Concert of Reconciliation", which brought together leaders of Islam with leaders of the Jewish community and of the Catholic Church at the Vatican for a concert by the Kraków Philharmonic C
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John Paul II recalled Cardinal Bernard Law to be Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore
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During the pontificate of John Paul II, but the Pope died before it ended and the conclusions were known
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John Paul II reiterated that "there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young"
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Archbishop Juliusz Paetz, the Catholic Archbishop of Poznań, was accused of molesting seminarians
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It was condemned as confusing the laity and compromising to false religions
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“Opis: pożegnanie z ojczyzną na zakończenie swojej ostatniej pielgrzymki do Polski w 2002 roku, na lotnisku w Balicach koło Krakowa.”
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After Church documents revealed he had covered up sexual abuse by priests in his archdiocese
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“there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young”
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That "there is no place in the priesthood and religious life for those who would harm the young"
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An orthopaedic surgeon confirmed he was suffering from Parkinson's disease, something international observers had long suspected
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At the end of his Last Will and Testament
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Was the first modern pope to visit Egypt, where he met the Coptic pope, Pope Shenouda III, and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
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“Opis: do młodzieży, 15 sierpnia 2000.”
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“Opis: homilia w czasie mszy św. na zakończenie II Synodu Plenarnego, Warszawa, 11 czerwca 1999.”
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“Opis: o Adamie Stefanie Sapieże, w 1999.”
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John Paul II released another music album titled Abba Pater
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“Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998”
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John Paul II issued the motu proprio Ad tuendam fidem, which amended two canons (750 and 1371) of the 1983 Code of Canon Law and two canons (598 and 1436) of the 1990 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
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Discontinued investigations into sexual misconduct by its leader Marcial Maciel, who in 2005 resigned his leadership and was later requested by the Vatican to withdraw from his ministry
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“Opis: wypowiedź z 16 października 1997.”
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“Opis: do polskiej młodzieży w Poznaniu, 3 czerwca 1997.”
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They interviewed her and dedicated 20 pages to her in their 1996 book His Holiness.
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“Opis: w apelu do Rodziny Radia Maryja, 1996.”
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“Opis: Rzym, 29 stycznia 1995.”
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John Paul II held a meeting with 21 Jains, organised by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
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John Paul II draws parallels between animism and Christianity
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Released a music album title The Rosary
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“Opis: 29 maja 1994 podczas modlitwy Anioł Pański.”
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“Encyclical, Veritatis Splendor, 1993”
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And broke his femur in another fall in 1994
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He dislocated his shoulder in a fall in 1993 and broke his femur in another fall in 1994.
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“Opis: homilia podczas Mszy św. kanonizacyjnej bł. Klaudiusz de la Colombière, Watykan 31 maja 1992.”
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The controversial traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Society of Saint Pius X (1970), was excommunicated under John Paul II because of the unapproved ordination of four bishops, which Cardinal Ratzi
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Welcomed participants of the East-West Spiritual Exchanges, an initiative by the Monastic Interreligious Dialogue (DIMMID) and the Institute for Zen Studies in which Buddhist and Christian monks or nuns take turns res
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The Pope visited the African country of Togo, where 60 per cent of the population espouses animist beliefs
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The foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration saw opened diplomatic relations with the Vatican for the first time since 1870
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John Paul II appointed Joaquín Navarro-Valls, a member of Opus Dei, as Director of the Vatican Press Office
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John Paul II visited Ağca in prison
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Where he spoke in Creole to thousands of impoverished Catholics gathered to greet him at the airport
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Poland's Communist government unsuccessfully tried to humiliate John Paul II by falsely saying he had fathered an illegitimate child
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“Opis: na Jasnej Górze, 19 czerwca 1983.”
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Where he met Queen Elizabeth II, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England
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“Opis: o zamachu z 13 maja 1981 na placu św. Piotra w Rzymie.”
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“Opis: o Marii z Nazaretu po zamachu na jego życie 13 maja 1981.”
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Which later played a major role in the end of socialism in Poland
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“About a Hebrew commemorative plaque in the homily during the Holy Mass at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German concentration camp on 7 June 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to Poland”
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“Homily during the Holy Mass at the Capital Mall in Washington, D.C., on 7 October 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to the United States”
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Simply said: 'Do not be afraid', and later prayed: 'Let your Spirit descend and change the image of the land
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Pope John Paul II struck what turned out to be a mortal blow to its Communist regime, to the Soviet Empire, [and] ultimately to Communism
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“Homily during the Holy Mass in Victory Square in Warsaw on 2 June 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to Poland”
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“Homily during the Holy Mass on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 October 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to the United States”
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His album Pope John Paul II sings at the Festival of Sacrosong was recorded by Infinity Records
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“Opis: wypowiedź z czerwca 1979 skierowana do Wandy Rutkiewicz.”
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“Opis: o oddaniu Maryi po wyborze na Stolicę Piotrową, 16 października 1978.”
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At the age of 58, John Paul II was an avid sportsman who enjoyed hiking, swimming, weight training, and skiing, and was seen jogging in the Vatican gardens
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The Bank of Italy produced a report on Ambrosiano that predicted future disaster
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“First address to the faithful in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, on 16 October 1978”
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Is rumoured to be linked to the Ambrosiano scandal
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“Opis: o Adamie Stefanie Sapieże, w 1976.”
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She served as his host when he visited New England in 1976, and photos show them together on skiing and camping trips.
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Wojtyła met philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, the wife of Hendrik S
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Stating that the Polish Episcopate was preparing for the 50th anniversary of the Polish–Soviet War
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Was instrumental in formulating the encyclical Humanae vitae, which dealt with the same issues that forbid abortion and artificial birth control
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Coined "Thomistic Personalism" to describe Aquinas's philosophy
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Wojtyła published the influential theological book Love and Responsibility, a defence of traditional church teachings on marriage from a new philosophical standpoint
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Wojtyła began an annual tradition of saying a Midnight Mass on Christmas Day in an open field at Nowa Huta, the so-called model workers' town outside Kraków that was without a church building
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When Wojtyła was named auxiliary bishop of Kraków, his acquaintances expressed concern that this would cause him to change
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Earned a Doctorate in Sacred Theology, writing a dissertation titled "Reevaluation of the possibility of founding a Catholic ethic on the ethical system of Max Scheler" (Polish: Ocena możliwości zbudowania etyki chrze
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Wojtyła's habilitation thesis was accepted by the Faculty of Theology at the Jagiellonian University
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During his sojourn at the Angelicum, Wojtyła visited Padre Pio, who heard his confession and told him that one day he would ascend to "the highest post in the Church"
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Leaving the young adult Wojtyła an orphan and the immediate family's only surviving member
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After invading Poland, Nazi Germany's occupation forces closed the university
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“Opis: o Bitwie Warszawskiej 1920.”
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