John Paul II Religion

There once was a man named Karol Jozef Wojtyla who was born in Wadowice, Poland on May 18th, 1920. This man would live to one day become a pope by the name of John Paul II. He was born into a family as the youngest of three children. His community growing up was actually predominantly Jewish, the rest being Catholic. He even was known to recognize more with the Jewish faith than the Catholic faith during his younger years. In college he studied extensively in education on languages, learning as many as 12, many of which he used later on as pope. Near the end of college, World War II began and he was forced into the workforce. During this time he lost the remainder of his family as well as sustaining a number of serious injuries. He actually …show more content…
In the Bible, God tells all of us to live lives of faith under Him and to acknowledge Him as the one and true God. However, God does not say to force your religion onto others, but instead to show them the way of Christ and give them the choice to follow or turn away from God. During his early priesthood after WWII, Saint John Paul II refused to baptize a number of young children. These were children who had been ripped from their Jewish families and ways of life and been moved into Catholic homes. Because of the Holocaust, this was fairly common, so he refused to baptize these children until they could make the choice for themselves. Although this went against the actions that were commonly accepted at the time, it truly showed the presence of God within him to step out against the actions of the time and do what he believed God wanted him to do. This branched further into his actions against Communism, as it did the same thing he was trying to stop. Overall, he believed that everyone should be presented with a choice between good and evil in their lives, and it was their job to make the