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Wikipedia: The Venerable Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death over 26 years later. His was the second-longest documented pontificate; only Pope Pius IX served longer (St Peter the Apostle is reputed to have served for more than thirty years as the first pontiff; however documentation is too sparse to definitively support this). He has been the only Polish Pope to date, and was the first non-Italian Pope since Dutch Pope Adrian VI in the 1520s.
![[World Youth Day is a popular Catholic faith themed international youth event initiated by Pope John Paul II]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wydrome2000_s.jpg "World Youth Day is a popular Catholic faith themed international youth event initiated by Pope John Paul II")
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![[The ailing Pope John Paul II riding in the Popemobile on 22 September 2004]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PapstJPII20040922_s.jpg "The ailing Pope John Paul II riding in the Popemobile on 22 September 2004")
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![[Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pope John Paul II during a visit to the Vatican, June 2004]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/John_Paul_II_George_W_Bush_Medal_of_Freedom_2004_s.jpg "Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pope John Paul II during a visit to the Vatican, June 2004")
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![[Karol Wojtyła as a priest in Niegowić, Poland, 1948]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Karol_Wojtyla_wikary_w_Niegowici_s.jpg "Karol Wojtyła as a priest in Niegowić, Poland, 1948")
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![[Saint Peter's basilica and Pope John Paul II's image on plate in Jubilee]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jubilaeum_2000_Pope_JP_II_s.jpg "Saint Peter's basilica and Pope John Paul II's image on plate in Jubilee")
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![[Family home of the Wojtyłas in Wadowice]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Geb-Haus_Papst.jpg "Family home of the Wojtyłas in Wadowice")
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![[Crowd assembling for John Paul II's funeral mass on 8 April 2005.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Crowd_at_Pope_27s_Funeral_s.jpg "Crowd assembling for John Paul II's funeral mass on 8 April 2005.")
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![[Vatican Gardens]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vatican_Gardens_1_1_s.jpg "Vatican Gardens")
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![[Monument to Pope John Paul II in Rome]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Monument_JPII_Rome_s.jpg "Monument to Pope John Paul II in Rome")
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![[A view from within the congregation at the Requiem Mass, 8 April 2005]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Funeral_St_Peters_s.jpg "A view from within the congregation at the Requiem Mass, 8 April 2005")
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![[Statue of John Paul II at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado, where he held mass in 1993]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Statue_of_John_Paul_II_in_Denver_2C_CO_IMG_5607_s.jpg "Statue of John Paul II at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado, where he held mass in 1993")
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![[Karol Wojtyła at 12 years old]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Karol_Wojtyla_at_12_s.jpg "Karol Wojtyła at 12 years old")
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![[Visit to the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Cracow]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Karol_Wojty_C5_82a_wizytacja_zakonu_oo_Karmelit_C3_B3w_na_Piasku_w_Krakowie_1967_s.jpg "Visit to the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Cracow")
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![[Courtyard within the family home]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dom_Rodzinny_Ojca_C5_9Awi_C4_99tego_Jana_Paw_C5_82a_II_w_Wadowicach1_s.jpg "Courtyard within the family home")
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![[Pope John Paul II on 12 August 1993 in Denver (Colorado)]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/JohannesPaul2-portrait.jpg "Pope John Paul II on 12 August 1993 in Denver (Colorado)")
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![[Statue of John Paul II with superimposed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe made with donated "keys to the hearts of...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/JPIIGuadalupeDF_s.jpg "Statue of John Paul II with superimposed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe made with donated \"keys to the hearts of...")
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![[Pontifical International Athenaeum Angelicum in Rome.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Facade_of_the_main_entrance_of_the_Pontifical_University_of_St_Thomas_Aquinas_28Angelicum_29_2819May07_29_s.jpg "Pontifical International Athenaeum Angelicum in Rome.")
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