ope John Paul II
, Formerly Karol Józef Wojtyla

Born: 18th May 1920 in Wadowice, Poland
Died: 2nd April 2005 in Vatican City
Pope: 16th October 1978 - 2nd April 2005

Youth of Pope John Paul II
Wojtyla was born and raised in Poland during a rare period of national freedom which ended, initially, under Nazi occupation, and then Communist rule. Instilled with a firm religious belief by his father, Wojtyla attended school and then Jagiellonian University, where he balanced studies with an interest in acting and religiously inspired poetry. Although Wojtyla's family initially fled during World War II, the Russian invasion prompted him to return home and study in secret, taking a labourer's job to avoid deportation. A firsthand witness to the cruelty of Nazi occupation, Wojtyla joined a cultural resistance movement, where be began studying for the priesthood.

Early Church Work
Wojtyla was ordained in 1946 and over the next few years wrote doctrinal texts, pursued a higher......

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