John Paul II Research Paper

John Paul II, was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. He was prone to sadness at a young age when his mother died when he was at the age of 9, and his brother died while he was at the age of 12. John Paul II attended Jagiellonian University with an interest in theatre and poetry but the school was closed the following year due to World War II. He was the first non-Italian pope in over 400 years. He was ordained in 1946 and became a bishop in 1958. He became an archbishop in 1964 and was ordained a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1967. He was elected as pope in 1978 and ended his term in 2005. His predecessor John Paul I, was in office was 33 days. It was good for him to be in office a long time because the pope before him had an extremely short reign. He was anointed a saint in April of 2014. (Biography.com editors) One characteristic of JPII’s spirituality is that he was an evangelist. He called all men and women to Jesus Christ. He told us that only Jesus Christ can discover the purpose and fulfilment of human life. John Paul II was big on “self-fulfillment.” He taught that true human fulfillment only …show more content…
He proclaimed a plan for solidarity, saying that all nations are brothers and that we owe solidarity to each other. He also proclaimed that we owe solidarity to the poor and that people aren’t helping them enough. John Paul II stated that they have the same right to live a life in paradise that we do. John Paul II was also a healer of divisions. He called for reconciliation among Christians that are separated from God. This was a new model of full communion with the Church which was started by JPII and was finished by Pope Benedict XVI. He called for the Eastern and Western Christians to try and discover the dependence upon one another. John Paul II apologized for the Crusades and did many other things to try and heal the relationship between the Eastern and Western Christians. (Catholic