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  2. Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    John Paul II was the first Pope to enter and pray in a mosque, visiting the tomb of John the Baptist at Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. John Paul II made considerable efforts to improve relations between Catholicism and Islam. [239] He officially supported the project of the Mosque of Rome and participated in the inauguration in 1995.

  3. Early life of Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of popes - Wikipedia

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    Born as a subject of the Kingdom of France, was of Occitan ethnicity. In opposition to Gelasius II and Callixtus II. 162 2 February 1119 – 13 December 1124 (5 years, 315 days) Callixtus II CALLISTVS Secundus: Guy c. 1060 Quingey, County of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empire: 59 / 64 Born as a subject of the County of Burgundy, was of French

  5. Pope John Paul II High School (Washington) - Wikipedia

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    Pope John Paul II High School, frequently called JPII or JP2 by its community, is a private, four-year, college-preparatory, Catholic high school, named after John Paul II, who was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, and canonized in 2014.

  6. Karol: A Man Who Became Pope - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. October 1978 papal conclave - Wikipedia

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    The pope, in tribute to his immediate predecessor, then took the name of John Paul II. He became the first non- Italian pope since Adrian VI , who reigned from 1522 to 1523. At 6:19 p.m. local time (17:19 UTC ), the white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, announcing to the public that a new pope had been elected. [ 4 ]

  8. Totus tuus - Wikipedia

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    Dana's song "Totus Tuus", commemorating John Paul II's 1979 visit to Ireland, topped the Irish Singles Chart the following year; she sang it at papal masses in 1987 and at World Youth Day 1993. [6] In 1987, Henryk Górecki composed a choral piece (Totus Tuus Op. 60) to celebrate the Pope's third pilgrimage to his native Poland that summer. [7]

  9. Redemptoris Mater - Wikipedia

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    Redemptoris Mater (Latin: Mother of the Redeemer) is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II delivered on March 25, 1987 in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Subtitled On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of the Pilgrim Church , the text addresses a number of topics in Mariology .