Pope John Paul II

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May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland

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April 02, 2005

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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Pope John Paul II born Karol Józef Wojtyła reigned as Pope and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death, almost 27 years later. His was the second-longest pontificate after Pius IX's 32-year incumbency. He was the only Polish pope and the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI (Dutch) in the 1520s.

John Paul II was pope during a period in which the Catholic Church's influence declined in developed countries, but expanded in the Third World. During his reign, the pope traveled extensively, visiting over 100 countries, more than any of his predecessors. He remains one of the most-traveled world leaders in history. He was fluent in numerous languages: his native Polish and also Italian, French, German, Eng...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 2,955 ratings · 213 reviews · 289 distinct works

	Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II, Vittorio Messori (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Theology of the Body: Human Love in the Divine Plan 4.42 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Rise, Let Us Be on Our Way by Pope John Paul II, Walter Ziemba (Translation) 4.21 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Splendor of Truth 4.47 avg rating — 88 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Memory and Identity: Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium 4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination by Pope John Paul II, John Paul Aa 4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Pope John Paul II: In My Own Words by Pope John Paul II, Anthony F. Chiffolo (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	The Place Within: The Poetry of Pope John Paul II 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Way to Christ: Spiritual Exercises by Pope John Paul II, John Paul II 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	My rating:
	On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“The future starts today, not tomorrow.”
― Pope John Paul II

tags: carpe-diem , future , present , time

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“It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who provoked you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is He who reads in your heart your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle.

It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, makng the world more human and more fraternal.”
― Pope John Paul II

tags: catholicism , christianity , jesus-christ

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“Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.”
― Pope John Paul II

tags: art , talent

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