Pope John Paul II: 1920-2005.Clockwise from left: John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. visits Mother Teresa in Calcutta, 1986. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Rome, just days after his election as pope, 1978. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Forgiving his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot the pope in 1981. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Embracing Monik, 3, in Madagascar, 1989. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Background: Celebrating Mass in Krakow, Poland, 2002. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clockwise from left: Karol Jozef Wojtyla poses on his First Communion Day, c. 1928. Greeting Chicagoans on his first U.S. visit as pope, 1979. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Meeting President Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1984. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Visiting Native Americas in Yellowknife, Canada, 1984, [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reeling from a bullet in the abdomen fired by Mehmet Ali Agca, May 13, 1981. A six-hour surgery repaired the damage. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a young seminarian sem·i·nar·i·an also sem·i·nar·ist n. A student at a seminary. Noun 1. seminarian - a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) seminarist (undated un·dat·ed adj. 1. Not marked with or showing a date: an undated letter; an undated portrait. 2. ). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clockwise from left: The pope is received by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, marking the first time any pope visited the White House. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Addressing the faithful in an undated photo. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At a snowy Mass in Sarajevo, 1997. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At World Youth Day in Denver, 1993. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Waving to well-wishers from his Popemobile in Bydgoszcz, Poland, 1999. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A 1995 visit to Baltimore included this moment with a young girl. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Taking some time to walk and pray in the woods during his 1984 visit to Canada. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clockwise from below: Visiting a family in M'Banza-Congo, Angola, 1992. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Praying at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem during his Jubilee Year pilgrimage, 2000. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Blessing the people in St. Peter's Square during his Urbi et Orbi Urbi et Orbi, literally "to the City [of Rome] and to the World," was a standard opening of Roman proclamations. Nowadays the term is used to denote a papal address that is addressed to the City of Rome and to the entire world. message, Christmas, 2004. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Archbishop Piero Marini, right, kneels by the coffin of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła during the funeral in St. Peter's Square on April 8, 2005. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mourners huddle in sleeping bags under the colonnades of St. Peter's Square on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the funeral. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your name to the Nations: We are deeply saddened by the behavior of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer, and, asking your forgiveness, we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the people of the Covenant." --Message left by John Paul II at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, March 26, 2000 A Final Blessing "I leave you now with this prayer: that the Lord Jesus will reveal himself to each one of you, that he will give you the strength to go out and profess that you are Christian, that he will show you that he alone can fill your hearts. "Accept his freedom and embrace his truth, and be messengers of the certainty that you have been truly liberated through the death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus. "This will be the new experience, the powerful experience, that will generate, through you, a more just society and a better world. God bless you, and may the joy of Jesus be always with you. Amen." May 18, 1920: Karol Jozef Wojtyla is born in Wadowice, Poland. 1929: His mother, Emilia, dies. 1932: His brother, Edmund, dies of scarlet fever scarlet fever or scarlatina, an acute, communicable infection, caused by group A hemolytic streptococcal bacteria (see streptococcus) that produce an erythrogenic toxin. . 1937: Karol and his father move to Krakow. 1939: Nazis invade Poland. Jagiellonian University, where Karol is a student and actor, is forced underground. He becomes a stonecutter at a quarry. 1941: His father, also named Karol, dies. 1942: Enters Krakow's underground seminary, which will lead to his name appearing on the Nazi blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list. (2) A list of Web sites that are considered off limits or dangerous. . 1946: Ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. a priest; sent to Angelicum University in Rome. 1953: Becomes assistant professor of moral theology at Catholic University of Lublin. "It's not right that the standard of living of the rich countries should seek to maintain itself by draining off a great part of the reserves of energy and raw materials that are meant for the whole of humanity."--1997 1958: Ordained auxiliary bishop of Krakow. 1964: Becomes archbishop of Krakow. 1962-65: Attends all sessions of the Second Vatican Council Noun 1. Second Vatican Council - the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms Vatican II Vatican Council - each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church . 1967: Becomes a cardinal. 1978: Elected the 264th pope, the first Polish pope and the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI (1522-23). Takes the name John Paul II. 1979: First encyclical encyclical, originally, a pastoral letter sent out by a bishop, now a solemn papal letter, meant to inform the whole church on some particular matter of importance. Benedict XIV circulated the first known encyclical in 1740. : Redemptor Homnis. First visit to Poland. Swiss theologian Hans Kung loses license to teach theology. 1979: Meets President Jimmy Carter and is the first pope to visit the White House. 1981: The pope is shot and wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca. Four days later the pope publicly forgives him. Encyclical: Laborem Exercens. 1982: Meets President Ronald Reagan. Meets Yasser Arafat about peace in the Middle East. 1985: Visits Nicaragua. Publicly scolds Father Ernesto Cardenal. New Code of Canon Law canon law, in the Roman Catholic Church, the body of law based on the legislation of the councils (both ecumenical and local) and the popes, as well as the bishops (for diocesan matters). issued. 1985: First World Youth Day, Rome. 1986: First interreligious World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi. First-ever papal visit to synagogue in Rome. 1987: 10-day visit to U.S. 1988: Encyclical: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis Sollicitudo Rei Socialis is an encyclical written by Pope John Paul II on 30 December 1987. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis was written in regard to 'Social Concern' for the 20th anniversary of 'Populorum Progressio'. External links
1989: Official visits of President George H.W. Bush Noun 1. George H.W. Bush - vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, George Bush, Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev--the first time a pope met with the head of the Soviet government. 1989-1991: Fall of Berlin Wall and dissolution of Soviet Union. The pope is credited as being instrumental in these events. 1991: 50th international pastoral visit: Portugal. Encyclical: Centisimus Annus. 1992: New Catechism of the Catholic Church The Catechism of the Catholic Church, or CCC, is an official exposition of the teachings of the Catholic Church, first published in French in 1992 by the authority of Pope John Paul II. published. 1993: 8th World Youth Day, Denver. Encyclical: Veritatis Splendor. 1994: Meets President Bill Clinton. 1994: Ordinatio Sacerdotalis declares prohibition against women priests "definitive." 1995: Encyclicals: Evangelium Vitae, Ut Unum Sint Ut Unum Sint (Latin: 'may they be one') is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II of May 25 1995. Following the prayer of Jesus in the Gospel according to John (17:21-22 . 1995: Pastoral visit to U.S. East Coast. 1997: Synod for America. 1998: Visit to Cuba. 1999: Visit to St. Louis. Papal appeal for clemency Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner. Clemency is considered to be an act of grace. saves the life of death row prisoner Darrell Mease. Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on Justification signed. 2000: Declaration: Dominus lesus. 2000: Celebrates Jubilee year with pilgrimage to Holy Land. 2001: First-ever papal visit to a mosque, Syria. 2002: Calls for addition of five new mysteries to the Rosary sequence. 2002: Calls all U.S. cardinals and leadership of U.S. bishops' conference to Rome to discuss growing sex-abuse scandal. President George W. Bush visits the Vatican. 2003: 100th international visit: Croatia. Pleads with U.S. not to go to war with Iraq. 2005: The pope's health is in rapid decline due to complications from Parkinson's Disease. He receives a tracheotomy tracheotomy (trākēŏt`əmē), surgical incision into the trachea, or windpipe. The operation is performed when the windpipe has become blocked, e.g., by the presence of some foreign object or by swelling of the larynx. to assist in breathing, and then a feeding tube to supply nourishment. For the first time in his pontificate he is unable to celebrate Easter liturgies. April 2, 2005: After 26 years, 5 months, and 17 days as pope, John Paul II, 84, dies. |
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