>> The man obviously had a healthy measure of Ashkenazi blood in him to begin with. <<
Heheheh. Careful: that's the OTHER hate-mongerers' line, who say that several of the Popes have secretly been Jews who dominate the world. :^D.
(P.S. Not to nitpick, but I thought you might like clarification: It's Carol Wojtyla, and it's pronounced Kahr-l Voy'tee-wah. The press seems to know how to pronounce it, but to be afraid to go all the way and say it in the full, Polish way.)
No, I thank you for the clarification and confirmation that his first name was pronounced Karl. My paternal family is of Polish extraction, and my great grandfathers name was Karl, and he came to the US from Hungary. My Grandfather's name was Charles and this indicated to me that Karl is the eastern european way of spelling and pronouncing Charles, without the "s" in the French style. Looking at the name Karol, it suggested to me that in Polish, the name would be pronounced very close to Karl.
I'm interested in comparative linguistics. I'm interested in European culture too, but I don't/won't glorify its bloody, blighted history the way the PC liberals do.