Pope John Paul II

The Early Years

Pope John Pauls original name before he became Pope was Karol Joseph Wojtyla. Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice Poland. Emilia, Karols pose died on April 13, 1929 and with no mother he began a sacred devotion to the Virgin Mary. Karol and his father, Karol Wojtyla Sr., had become closer and they lived off the little(a) military pension. The winter of 1930, Karols older brother Edmund died. Karol was educated in a school with less anti-Semitism and was a fashionable student. Karol realized that he was more interested in playing than priesthood, but his father sent him to Jagiellonian University to study philosophy. In 1939, Karols university historic period were interrupted by the Nazi invasion of Poland. Life was more brutal than before as Karol lived under Nazi business organization and his father died February 18, 1941. Karol was now 20 years old and deep in thought(p) his mother, brother as well as his father loss Karol with no family.

After the death of Karols father, Karol wanted to fulfill his fathers wish by becoming a priest. Karol shocked his acting friends by entry an underground seminary run secretly by the Archbishop of Krakow, a apt cardinal. Karol chose to study priesthood even though the Nazis would kill priests.



It was risky, at 23, he was hit by a tram and later he was hit by a military truck that go forth him for death. He was only saved from a woman that discover he was unconscious and took him to the hospital. Once Karol got out of the hospital, for the next 2 years he was a f workery worker, underground actor and clandestine seminarian. In 1946, Karol Wojtyla had become a priest.

Rising to the Top

On January 13, 1964, Wojtyla was named the archbishop at...

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