Posted on 05/18/2016 8:49:04 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever
He was the most recognized person in the world.
He met with Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush.
Born in a small town in Poland, MAY 18, 1920, was Karol Wojtyla. A chemical worker during World War II, he risked punishment by Communists for being ordained a priest.
In 1967, he became Archbishop of Krakow and, in 1978, he became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope since 1522.
Leader of one billion Catholics, Pope John Paul spoke eight languages and traveled a million miles in 170 countries - more than any other pope.
In 1981, he survived an assassination attempt by a Muslim Turk, whom he forgave during a prison visit...
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He was truly a great man, unlike his successor francis.
Pope Che, the Red Pope cannot hold a candle to JP2.
I was just a little kid when he talked about the culture of death and I wasn’t old enough to know what he was talking about.
but now I know exactly what he was talking about and he was a million percent correct.
I miss him more now than ever before, especially now that we have a fake beguiler devil pope.
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