Pope John Paul the Second

Pope John Paul the Second It was recently this year that the Catholic world had lost its leader,

Pope John Paul II. For many believers John Paul was a great icon and

governed their church in the most respectful way. Since his election

in 1978, there have been many books, movies and articles on the life

of Karol Wojtyla. Many studies depicted him as one of the greatest

Popes’ Catholicism ever had. He has not only traveled the world and

became famous on all continents, but has tried very hard to keep peace

with all religions far and wide. His theologies and philosophies are

the ones that lead to believe he was the person he really let the

world portray him as.

John Paul II has had a very rich background that helped him share the

messages he had for the Catholic community and other religions as

well. He taught theology and religion at the Jagiellonian University

and the University of Lublin, in his home country Poland, before his

papacy. He has also earned a doctorate in philosophy for his broad

studies in the phenomenology of Max Scheler. All this experience has

only opened ways to even greater thinking and reflections, and

transformed it to many messages and letters to believers, presidents

of all countries, politicians and many others.

One of his greatest philosophical works was ‘Person and Act’, which

mistakenly was translated to ‘The Acting Person’. This book has laid

the foundation for his philosophical understanding of personalism.

Personalism is the approach to reality which places the human person

and his or her essential dignity at the starting poin...

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... many nations face. He has

visited many countries touched by wars and violence and has asked all

humans to pray for peace worldwide.

In the twenty odd years of his papacy John Paul II was a person that

was known all around the globe for his teachings and missions. He has

not only touched hearts of many Christian but all people in all

religions. His work was respected everywhere and proved that he was

the messenger here on Earth, like he claimed he was. His wisdom and

love for all people has earned him a great place in the history and

evolution of Religion and all its aspects. His work was also widely

acknowledged within his own Church, ever so much now, that the normal

period of 5 yrs until beatification and canonization was waived in

order to speed up the process and recognize John Paul II as a St. John

Paul II.