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Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus II; Polish: Jan Paweł II; Italian: Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła, Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; [b] 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. In his youth, Wojtyła dabbled in stage ...
Pope John Paul II is a 2005 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) from his early adult years in Poland to his death at age 84. The miniseries was written and directed by John Kent Harrison and aired in the United States on the CBS network on December 4 and 7, 2005.
Pope John Paul II is a 1984 American biopic drama television film based on the life of Karol Wojtyła, from his early days as an activist in Poland to his installation as Pope John Paul II. Written by Christopher Knopf and directed by Herbert Wise, the film stars Albert Finney, Caroline Bliss, Brian Cox, and John Forgeham.
The film made no attempt to focus on the Holy Scriptures, but rather focused on the devotion of John Paul II to his faith. Production took place in Lithuania and partly in Rome . Because Benedict XVI had already given Vatican filming rights to CBS for its portrayal of the life of Pope John Paul II, production for the film scenes which play in ...
Pope John Paul II (miniseries) The Pope's Toilet This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 19:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The action-thriller novel, Red Rabbit (2002) by Tom Clancy, detailed a fictional KGB attempt to assassinate a newly elected Polish Pope, who, though only mentioned by the name "Karol", obviously refers to John Paul II. [8] Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba in 1998, the first made by a Pope to this Caribbean island, was featured in Daína ...
The only Dutch pope; last non-Italian to be elected pope until John Paul II in 1978. Tutor of Emperor Charles V. Came to the papacy in the midst of one of its greatest crises, threatened not only by Lutheranism to the north but also by the advance of the Ottoman Turks to the east.
Pope John Paul II knew about sexual misconduct allegations against disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick years before he was removed from priesthood, according to a new report released Tuesday ...