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A frozen tribute to John Paul II kicks off winter in the Tatras
Pope John Paul II led the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, and he visited Slovakia three times during his papacy. During his 1995 visit, he rested in a gazebo near the Silesian House ...
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How St. John Paul II Helped Bring Down the Berlin Wall: 35 Years Later
The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...
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46 Years Ago, the Soviet Empire’s End Was Set in Motion
On Oct. 16, 1978, the cardinal electors of the Roman Catholic Church elected Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to sit on the Chair of St. Peter. Wojtyla took the name Pope John Paul II, having ...
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Saintly superhero: When Marvel Comics told the life story of John Paul II
St. John Paul II, who led the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, is one of the most compelling figures of the 20th century. Born more than 100 years ago on May 18, 1920 ...
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How St. John Paul II helped bring down the Berlin Wall: 35 years later
I seriously doubt whether communism would have fallen without John Paul II. His contribution to communism’s collapse cannot be overestimated.” Even after becoming pope in 1978, John Paul II ...