|||John Paul IIIOn May 18, 1920, in a small Polish town just outside Wadowice, a child was born to Karol Wojtyla (1879-1941 and Emilia Kaczorosks (1884-1929). His name was Karol Jozef Wojtyla. His parents do not know that a day their child was destined not only to become a priest and bishop, but the 264th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, and only the second non-Italian pope Emilia, a school teacher, died in childbirth of three children. This was just the beginning of a life of crosses. His older sister, Olga, died before his birth. His brother, Edmund, to whom he was very close and who had a huge impact on him, was a doctor and died of scarlet fever. Wojtyla was like all other boys in his youth. He loved skiing and swimming, but he especially loved playing football, especially as a goalkeeper he showed no favoritism towards Catholics on the playing field and was often seen playing sports with the Jewish team. Nor did he show discrimination on a personal level. In fact, Wojtyla's first girlfriend was Ginka Beer, a Jewish girl. It was only when Hitler's soldiers marched into Poland in 1938 that Wojtyla's father moved to Krakow to enroll Wojtyla at the Jagiellonian University as a philosophy major. Wojtyla's natural affinity for languages began in college, eventually mastering eight different languages: Polish, Italian, Spanish, French, English, German, Portuguese and Latin. His well-spoken linguistic skills ultimately served to strengthen his communication as pope with people around the world in the 129 countries he visited during his papacy. ...... half of the paper ...... most of us prayed and cried at home. John Paul II spoke his last words: “Allow me to go to the house of the Father” and then fell into a coma. John Paul II died on April 2, 2005 at 9.37pm CEST from heart failure in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. He was 84 years old. On April 27, 2014, John Paul II was canonized as Saint John Paul II.Works CitedCheney3, David M. "Pope John Paul II." (Saint Karol Józef Wojtyła) [Catholic Hierarchy]. Np, March 3, 2007. Web. May 27, 2014. Fournier, Keith. "Priesthood of Saint Pope John Paul II." John Paul II. Catholicculture.org, October 11, 2013. Web. May 26, 2014. Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. New York: Penguin, 2005. Print."Biography of John Paul II." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, January 6, 2014. Web. May 27, 2014."Pope John Paul II." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 May 2014. Web. 26 May 2014.

Topic > |||John Paul IIIOn May 18, 1920, in a small Polish town just outside Wadowice, a child was born to Karol Wojtyla (1879-1941 and Emilia Kaczorosks (1884-1929). His name was Karol Jozef Wojtyla. His parents do not know that a day their child was destined not only to become a priest and bishop, but the 264th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, and only the second non-Italian pope Emilia, a school teacher, died in childbirth of three children. This was just the beginning of a life of crosses. His older sister, Olga, died before his birth. His brother, Edmund, to whom he was very close and who had a huge impact on him, was a doctor and died of scarlet fever. Wojtyla was like all other boys in his youth. He loved skiing and swimming, but he especially loved playing football, especially as a goalkeeper he showed no favoritism towards Catholics on the playing field and was often seen playing sports with the Jewish team. Nor did he show discrimination on a personal level. In fact, Wojtyla's first girlfriend was Ginka Beer, a Jewish girl. It was only when Hitler's soldiers marched into Poland in 1938 that Wojtyla's father moved to Krakow to enroll Wojtyla at the Jagiellonian University as a philosophy major. Wojtyla's natural affinity for languages began in college, eventually mastering eight different languages: Polish, Italian, Spanish, French, English, German, Portuguese and Latin. His well-spoken linguistic skills ultimately served to strengthen his communication as pope with people around the world in the 129 countries he visited during his papacy. ...... half of the paper ...... most of us prayed and cried at home. John Paul II spoke his last words: “Allow me to go to the house of the Father” and then fell into a coma. John Paul II died on April 2, 2005 at 9.37pm CEST from heart failure in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. He was 84 years old. On April 27, 2014, John Paul II was canonized as Saint John Paul II.Works CitedCheney3, David M. "Pope John Paul II." (Saint Karol Józef Wojtyła) [Catholic Hierarchy]. Np, March 3, 2007. Web. May 27, 2014. Fournier, Keith. "Priesthood of Saint Pope John Paul II." John Paul II. Catholicculture.org, October 11, 2013. Web. May 26, 2014. Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. New York: Penguin, 2005. Print."Biography of John Paul II." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, January 6, 2014. Web. May 27, 2014."Pope John Paul II." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 May 2014. Web. 26 May 2014.