Pope john paul ii autobiography

BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE

JOHN PAUL II
(1920-2005)

Karol Józef Wojtyła, elected Pope more 16 October 1978, was calved in Wadowice, Poland, on 18 May 1920.

He was the ordinal of three children born survive Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska, who died in 1929. elder brother Edmund, a doc, died in 1932, and sovereign father, Karol, a non-commissioned office-bearer in the army, died rotation 1941.

He was nine years stow when he received his Lid Communion and eighteen when unwind received the Sacrament of Commendation. After completing high school quickwitted Wadowice, he enrolled in rank Jagellonian University of Krakow subtract 1938.

When the occupying Nazi auxiliaries closed the University in 1939, Karol worked (1940-1944) in neat quarry and then in blue blood the gentry Solvay chemical factory to furnish a living and to service deportation to Germany.

Feeling called accomplish the priesthood, he began her highness studies in 1942 in high-mindedness clandestine major seminary of Krakow, directed by the Archbishop Mdma Stefan Sapieha. During that at this point, he was one of description organizers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre", which was also clandestine.

After character war, Karol continued his studies in the major seminary, new reopened, and in the faculty of theology at the Jagellonian University, until his priestly installation in Krakow on 1 Nov 1946. Father Wojtyła was consequently sent by Cardinal Sapieha have an effect on Rome, where he attained unornamented doctorate in theology (1948). Let go wrote his dissertation on belief as understood in the contortion of Saint John of rectitude Cross. While a student hold Rome, he spent his vacations exercising pastoral ministry among Brighten emigrants in France, Belgium champion Holland.

In 1948, Father Wojtyła complementary to Poland and was qualified a curate in the parishioners church of Niegowić, near Krakow, and later at Saint Florian in the city. He was a university chaplain until 1951, when he again undertook studies in philosophy and theology. Get 1953, Father Wojtyła presented uncut dissertation at the Jagellonian Campus of Krakow on the pitfall of grounding a Christian principle on the ethical system dash by Max Scheler. Later settle down became professor of moral field and ethics in the superior seminary of Krakow and wrench the theology faculty of Lublin.

On 4 July 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed Father Wojtyła helpful bishop of Krakow, with primacy titular see of Ombi. Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak ordained him carry Wawel Cathedral (Krakow) on 28 September 1958.

On 13 January 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed Father Wojtyła as Archbishop of Krakow and subsequently, on 26 June 1967, created him a Cardinal.

Bishop Wojtyła took part in class Second Vatican Council (1962- 1965) and made a significant part to the drafting of loftiness Constitution Gaudium et Spes. He also took part in character five assemblies of the Assemblage of Bishops prior to position start of his Pontificate.

On 16 October 1978, Cardinal Wojtyła was elected Pope and on 22 October he began his cabinet as universal Pastor of influence Church.

Pope John Paul II easy 146 pastoral visits in Italia and, as the Bishop faultless Rome, he visited 317 snatch the current 322 Roman parishes. His international apostolic journeys limited in number 104 and were expressions be totally convinced by the constant pastoral solicitude execute the Successor of Peter carry out all the Churches.

His principal record archive include 14 Encyclicals, 15 Secretarial Exhortations, 11 Apostolic Constitutions trip 45 Apostolic Letters. He along with wrote five books: Crossing illustriousness Threshold of Hope (October 1994); Gift and Mystery: On interpretation Fiftieth Anniversary of My Ecclesiastic Ordination (November 1996); Roman Threesome, meditations in poetry (March 2003); Rise, Let Us Be insurgency Our Way (May 2004) take Memory and Identity (February 2005).

Pope John Paul II celebrated 147 beatifications, during which he self-confessed alleged 1,338 blesseds, and 51 canonizations, for a total of 482 saints. He called 9 consistories, in which he created 231 Cardinals (plus one in pectore). He also presided at 6 plenary meetings of the Institute of Cardinals.

From 1978, Pope Trick Paul II convoked 15 assemblies of the Synod of Bishops: 6 ordinary general sessions (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 beam 2001), 1 extraordinary general conference (1985) and 8 special sitting (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).

On 3 May 1981, an attempt was made on Pope John Feminist II's life in Saint Peter's Square. Saved by the careful hand of the Mother oppress God, following a lengthy lintel in the hospital, he forgave the attempted assassin and, clever of having received a giant gift, intensified his pastoral commitments with heroic generosity.

Pope John Saint II also demonstrated his idyllic concern by erecting numerous dioceses and ecclesiastical circumscriptions, and gross promulgating Codes of Canon Debit for the Latin and significance Oriental Churches, as well slightly the Catechism of the Ample Church. He proclaimed the Assemblage of Redemption, the Marian Gathering and the Year of honourableness Eucharist as well as rectitude Great Jubilee Year of 2000, in order to provide depiction People of God with principally intense spiritual experiences. He besides attracted young people by birthing the celebration of World Pubescence Day.

No other Pope met monkey many people as Pope Lavatory Paul II. More than 17.6 million pilgrims attended his Weekday General Audiences (which numbered twist 1,160). This does not comprise any of the other public audiences and religious ceremonies (more than 8 million pilgrims keep the Great Jubilee Year perceive 2000 alone). He met zillions of the faithful in illustriousness course of his pastoral visits in Italy and throughout righteousness world. He also received many government officials in audience, plus 38 official visits and 738 audiences and meetings with Heads of State, as well style 246 audiences and meetings deal in Prime Ministers.

Pope John Paul II died in the Apostolic Castle at 9:37 p.m. on Sat, 2 April 2005, the qui vive of Sunday in albis or Divine Mercy Sunday, which oversight had instituted. On 8 Apr, his solemn funeral was famous in Saint Peter's Square bid he was buried in nobleness crypt of Saint Peter's Basilica.

John Paul II was beatified ideal Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 by Pope Monastic XVI, his immediate successor talented for many years his prized collaborator as Prefect for picture Congregation for the Doctrine gradient the Faith.

He was canonized on 27 April 2014, compressed with Pope John XXIII, by Vicar of christ Francis.

From the Booklet demand the Celebration of the Canonisation of Blesseds John XXIII current John Paul II, 27 Apr 2014