Posted on 10/18/2024 12:30:01 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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 succeeded John Paul I, who died suddenly after serving as Roman pontiff for only 33 days. Though few recognized it at the time, the papal election of Karol Wojtyla was the beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.
As George Weigel explained in The End and the Beginning, John Paul II, only eight months after his election, “ignited a revolution of conscience in his native Poland — a moral challenge to the Cold War status quo that helped set in motion the international drama that would
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I was a student in an all girls Catholic high school at the time. I was in gym class when the school announced his election. I was surprised by the name Karol. I was use to Italian popes.
The days of Solidarity.
Followed by almost a decade of The Great One being POTUS!!
What glorious times.
The Pope. The Great One. Thatcher. The olympic hocky team :)
good old days
40+ years ago. Once the Cowboy became president, things took off.
A muslim attempted the assassination of John Paul III in 1981.
John Paul II.
Hope you're having a nice weekend.
I was in fourth grade attending Our Lady of Charity school. Everyone was shocked at the time. Thank God, though.
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