The Pope: John Paul II

Throughout his 26 papacy he worked tirelessly for mankind to bring peace and justice to the world. He reminded us of the value of individuals in the modern world. In recent years we have seen the Pope struggle as his health has failed him, but he continued to meet the daily challenges of life. It was this humanity, his warmth as a human being and his ability to talk plainly that made people feel close to him, and this is why so many mourn throughout the world at this time.

Giovanni, his son, was born illegitimately in 1337. The relationship between the two was disappointment to Francesco. He describes him as: "Intelligent, perhaps even exceptionally intelligent, but he hates books" He let Giovanni live with him till he could no longer stand the sight of him and sent him to live in Avignon, at the age of 20. It wasn't until just before Giovanni's death, of the Black Plague, did they start to write each other. Just before his sons death, Petrarch's friends though of Giovanni as a good person and wrote Petrarch about this.

The college was closed in 1939 after the Nazi occupation settled itself in. He was forced to work so that he would avoid deportation. Following his father's fatal heart attack in 1941, Karol considered the priesthood. This would be the first step to John Paul's climb to becoming pope. Karol faced many hardships as a priest.

I always knew that Jesus died for us and also those who killed him, but reading this book made this fact so much more real. On page 254, a Centurion asks Pilate, “whom did we crucify,” it was so obvious that something powerful had taken place that evening, even a Roman soldier recognized it. Knowing this, I realized that Jesus did not just dye for us in the future, but even for Pilate and those crucifying Him. He really cared and was witnessing even in his death. Pilates wife and good friend Cornelius became followers of this man he crucified.

“One of Communism’s basic tenets is that reality shapes one’s consciousness. But consciousness also shapes reality, and the pope’s visions electrified the consciousness of the masses” (Accattoli et al 49). Both the actions and words of Pope John Paul II were crucial to the downfall of communism in Germany and his native Poland. Without his courage in the face of adversity, Europe today would be completely different.

Solanus was dead, he continued to help and heal people, just as Jesus did. When Jesus washed his disciples' feet he was showing his love a devotion to them, even though he knew that they would betray him in his most desperate hour of need. Father Solanus tried to show this same love and compassion to all the people whose lives he touched. When Father Solanus helped people and healed people he knew some of them were sinners. When he helped people he knew some of them were not catholic.

Personalism is the approach to reality which places the human person and his or her essential dignity at the starting poin... ... middle of paper ... ... 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.

They then detain him and take him behind a building and shoot him. Schindler was a good man and he demonstrates this by giving people a helping hand. He tries to also bribe the Nazis in not killing any of his workers. “The S.S are corruptible as any police force.”(227) He wants to bribe them because he wants to keep all of his employees healthy and not dead. He stands up in a time of oppression and he shows how one person can have a major impact on a society.

Pope Leo X ran from one to another to prevent them from gaining control of Italy. He then joined the Holy Empire to drive the French out of Italy. However this did not last long so the two began working on the peace settlement, Pope Leo X was forced to do all the giving, the French King wanted the most important statues, two northern cities in Italy, etc. T... ... middle of paper ... ... X spent heavily; he spent most on helping his fellow friends, relatives. He would hold banquets and dinners every night and amuse himself through watching opera and etc.

“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son.” Said by St. Pope John Paul II during one of his World Youth Day homilies this quote perfectly represents the man that St. Pope John Paul II was: a bold, forgiving, selfless, and loving man. Born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland; John Paul II suffered a number of tragedies in the early years of his life. By the age of the twenty he lost all of his immediate family, and he credits the death of his father as the point in his life when he heard the call to live a life of religious vocation. In 1939, about one year after John Paul enrolled in The Krawkow Jaggelonian University, the Nazi closed the school and to avoid deportation to Germany all able men had to work. From 1940 to 1941 his holiness did various jobs, but it was during this time period that he was seriously contemplating priesthood.