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An ailing John Paul II riding in the Popemobile in September 2004 in St. Peter's Square. When he became pope in 1978 at the age of 58, John Paul II was an avid sportsman. He was extremely healthy and active, jogging in the Vatican gardens, weight training, swimming, and hiking in the mountains.
Pope John XXIII (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) and Pope John Paul II (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as popes of the Roman Catholic Church and the sovereigns of Vatican City (respectively from 1958 to 1963 and 1978 to 2005). Their canonizations were held on 27 April 2014. [ 1 ] The decision to canonize was made official by Pope ...
List of apologies made by Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II made many apologies. During his long reign as Pope, he apologized to Jews, women, people convicted by the Inquisition, Muslims killed by the Crusaders and almost everyone who had suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church over the years. [1] Even before he became the Pope, he was ...
April 16, 2006. (2006-04-16) Karol: The Pope, The Man is a 2006 TV miniseries directed by Giacomo Battiato chronicling Pope John Paul II 's life as pope in flashbacks from the October 22, 1978 papal inauguration to his death in 2005. It is the sequel to the 2005 TV miniseries Karol: A Man Who Became Pope, which portrayed John Paul's life before ...
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City (funeral) Participants. The College of Cardinals (led by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger), various dignitaries worldwide. On 2 April 2005, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. His funeral was held on 8 April, followed by the novendiales devotional in which the Catholic Church observed nine days of mourning.
American Broadcasting Company. Release. December 1, 2005. (2005-12-01) Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II is a 2005 biographical television drama film centered on the life of Pope John Paul II. It was written by Michael Hirst, Lorenzo Minoli and Judd Parkin, directed by Jeff Bleckner and starred Thomas Kretschmann as Pope John Paul II.
Mehmet Ali Ağca. The location of the shooting, marked by a stone tablet, in St. Peter's Square. 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.
Karol Józef Wojtyła (junior) 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 ...