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Biography

Name: John Paul, II
Variant Name: Karol Wojtyla
Birth Date: May 18, 1920
Place of Birth: Wadowice, Poland
Nationality: Polish
Gender: Male
Occupations: pope

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Biography of John Paul, II
2,812 words, approx. 9 pages
Karol Wojtyla (born 1920), cardinal of Krakow, Poland, was elected the 263rd pope in 1978, the first ever of Slavic extraction. Karol Wojtyla was born May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, the second child of Karol Wojtyla, Sr., an army sergeant, and...


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Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Pope John Paul II , né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born 1920-05-18 in Wadowice, Poland , died 2005-04-02 in Vatican City ), was Pope — the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church . He was elected on 1978-10-16 , becoming the first...


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Vatican City - John Paul II Summary
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John Paul IIPope (pronounced "JON PALL") "I was afraid to receive this nomination, but I did it in the spirit of obedience to Our Lord and in the total confidence in his mother, the most holy Madonna." The official name...
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Pope John Paul II Information
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Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła (help·info) IPA: [ˈkaɾɔl ˈjuzεf vɔi̯ˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of the...


News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
John Paul II: a pope of and for the people
04/03/2005: 461 words, approx. 2 pages
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 04-03-2005 John Paul II: a pope of and for the people Date: 04-03-2005, Sunday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions Biographical: Pope John Paul II POPE John Paul II is mourned around the world because he allowed...
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Conscience
Pope John Paul II.
09/22/2003: 610 words, approx. 2 pages
The pope in the world 1981 There is an attempted assassination on the pope by Mehmet Ali Agca, whom the pope subsequently visits the next year in prison. 1986 This pope is the first to visit a synagogue. 1989 The pope is also...
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AP News
Book: Pope John Paul II mulled retiring
1/24/2007: 373 words, approx. 1 pages
The late Pope John Paul II considered retiring at 80 _ almost five years before his death _ but decided to leave it to God's will to determine how long he should stay on, his closest aide said in a new book.Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz said...
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AP Features
Vatican rejects doctor's allegations that Pope John Paul II refused care to keep him alive
9/27/2007: 612 words, approx. 2 pages
A doctor alleged Wednesday that Pope John Paul II violated Catholic teaching against euthanasia by refusing medical care that would have kept him alive longer _ a charge immediately dismissed by Vatican officials.In an article in the Italian journal Micromega, Dr. Lina Pavanelli, an anaesthesiologist,...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Richard Viladesau
6,611 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Viladesau examines John Paul's historical and anthropological arguments against the ordination of women as delineated in Mulieris Dignitatem. According to Viladesau, Mulieris Dignitatem, “suffers from weaknesses of questionable theological presumptions and faulty logic.”
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Critical Essay by Avery Dulles
4,886 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Dulles examines John Paul's humanist view of individual conscience, communalism, political participation, and transcendent order. According to Dulles, “John Paul II evidently sees himself and the church as divinely commissioned to be the advocates of authentic humanity.”
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Critical Essay by John O'Neill
4,787 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, O'Neill examines the argument for intrinsic evil and moral authority in Veritatis Splendor. Though supporting John Paul's view that some acts are intrinsically evil, O'Neill objects to the pope's claim to “epistemological authority.”
 
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The Current Day Catholic Papacy
1,052 words, approx. 4 pages
A short biography of Pope John Paul II, who died April 2, 2005, plus a history of how popes are chosen and a brief biography on the Catholic Church's new pope, Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI).
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Pope John Paul II - A Brief Biography
270 words, approx. 1 pages
Provides a short biography of Pope John Paul II. Describes his birth, education and entrance to the seminary. Explores his 26 year tenure as pope.


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