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John Paul II

John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II), Karol Józef Wojtyla [kaɾɔl juzɛf vɔitɨwa] (b. Wadowice, Poland, May 18, 1920 - † Vatican City, April 2, 2005), was 264. No pope of the Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City from 1978 to 2005. Previously, he was auxiliary bishop (since 1958) and Archbishop of Krakow (1962) .1 It was the first Polish pope in history, and one of the few in the past centuries were not born in Italy. His 26-year pontificate was the third longest in the history of the Catholic Church, after St. Peter's (believed to be between 34 and 37 years) and that of Pius IX (31 years).

John Paul II has been hailed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century, remembered for being one of the main symbols of anti-communism and his fight against the spread of Marxism in places like Latin America, where he fought vigorously to the movement known as liberation theology, with the help of his right hand, eventually successor, Joseph Ratzinger.

also played a decisive role in ending communism in his native Poland, and eventually all of Europe, as well as significant improvement of relations between the Catholic Church with Judaism, Islam, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion.

Among the most notorious events of his pontificate highlights the attempt to assassinate him on May 13, 1981, as he greeted the faithful in St. Peter's Square, at the hands of Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot a short distance from the crowd. Time after the terrorist was publicly forgiven by the pope in person.

was one of the world's most travelers ever, visiting 129 countries during his papacy, speaking additional languages: Italian, French, German, English, English, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian, Croatian, Esperanto, ancient Greek and Latin as well as his native Polish. As part of its special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, beatified 1,340 people and canonized 483 saints, more than the combined number of their predecessors in the last five centuries. On December 19, 2009, John Paul II was proclaimed Venerable by his successor Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, who will also be beatified on May 1, 2011.

The May 13, 2005, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar for Rome, he formally by the process of beatification of John Paul II, for this, Benedict XVI granted immunity from April 28 within five years of waiting after the death required by canon law to begin the beatification process, similar to how was the same John Paul II with the process of beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

On April 2, 2007, two years after his death, concluded the diocesan phase of the beatification process, meeting all the testimony about his life and alleged miracles, most notably that of the French nun Marie Simon Pierre, who claimed to have been cured of Parkinson's disease through the intercession the Pope, who had died two months earlier.

In a Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Square on the same day, Pope Benedict XVI said that the process moves "quickly" .21 On that date, completed the first phase of the process of canonization, was awarded the title of Servant of Dios.22

The December 19, 2009, Benedict XVI declared him Venerable. A miracle attributed to her intercession was analyzed and found to be inexplicable by science, so that after several meetings Pope Benedict XVI approved the beatification of John Paul II in January 2011.23 24 25 beatification ceremony is scheduled for May 1

2011.26 In early 2011, P. Federico Lombardi, spokesman for the papal household, announced the date of the beatificación27 and the transfer of his remains, which until then were in the Vatican Grottoes to the chapel of San Sebastian de la Basilica de San Pedro, adjacent to that of The Pieta by Michelangelo, where you can be venerated by public cult of faithful and pilgrims, in a similar way as was done with John XXIII, preparing the chapel for there to be exposed, covering his face with a mask leaving the rest of the body perfectly visible with pontifical vestments [citation needed].

This process of beatification has been listed as the shortest in modern history Catholic Church, and that lasted six years and 30 days, beating by one month the process of beatification of Teresa of Calcuta.28 However, and according to statements by Lombardi, the process has been made thoroughly, with complete Studies on the miraculous cure of Sister Marie Simon, and the rest of his life, as the papal decree declaring John Paul II as worthy of veneration by a clean and blameless priesthood and a life exemplary and admirable Christian, never involved with the abuses committed by Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, a major obstacle in this process, which, as usual, will continue to, if deemed appropriate, the canonization of Pope.

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