(Arabic) (Traditional Chinese) The council began reviewing church doctrine in 1962, holding several sessions over the course of the next few years. He was dynamic and approachable, an instantly recognisable leader for the world's largest Christian community. He is known for building Rockefeller Center in New York City.Nicholas II was the last tsar of Russia under Romanov rule. (Portuguese) (Slovak) Six days later, two million people packed Vatican City for his funeral, said to be the biggest funeral in history. He was not without critics, however. Above all, he travelled. This was a historically charged trip made all the more important as it occurred during the Falklands crisis. He died in Italy in 2005. Three years later he was a cardinal.Throughout, he had continued his theological studies and was often seen in Rome, but no more so than dozens of other cardinals from distant and obscure dioceses.
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(Czech) Pope. John Paul II, who died at the age of 84 in April 2005, was declared a saint in 2014 alongside Pope John XXIII at a ceremony in the Vatican.

John Paul II was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland, 35 miles southwest of Krakow, in 1920. Pope John II (Latin: Ioannes II; died 8 May 535), born Mercurius, was the bishop of Rome from 2 January 533 to his death. (Macedonian) In 1981, an assassin shot John Paul twice in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. (Amharic) View the profiles of people named John Paul Pope II. He was made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1967, and in 1978 became the first non-Italian pope in more than 400 years.

During his time of leadership, he united Greece, reestablished the Corinthian League and conquered the Persian Empire.Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. was the only son of John D. Rockefeller and heir to his fortune. Although other European navigators may have sighted the Florida peninsula before, Ponce de León is credited with the first On April 2, 1982, Argentina invades the Falklands Islands, a British colony since 1892 and British possession since 1833. (Hindi)

When the war ended, he returned to school at Jagiellonian to study theology, becoming an ordained priest in 1946.
He went on to complete two doctorates and became a professor of moral theology and social ethics. His stand against Poland's Communist regime had brought him respect. Pope John Paul II ignited rapport with young people in the early years of his papacy. (Croatian) More than 3 million people waited in line to say good-bye to their beloved religious leader at St. Peter's Basilica before his funeral on April 8.On July 5, 2013, waving the usual five-year waiting period, the Vatican announced that the Roman Catholic Church would declare Pope John Paul II a saint and that the canonization ceremony would likely take place within the next 16 months. Join Facebook to connect with John Paul Pope II and others you may know. (Bulgarian) (French) The announcement of Pope John Paul II's canonization came after the Vatican revealed that two miracles were attributed to the late pope. (Tamil) Rapid promotion followed, and by 1964 he was archbishop of Krakow. (Korean) (Polish) After World War II ended, he finished his religious studies at a Krakow seminary and was ordained in 1946.John Paul spent two years in Rome where he finished his doctorate in theology. But there was never any official announcement about his illness from the Vatican.Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, at the age of 84, at his Vatican City residence. (Simplified Chinese) In 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev visited Rome, the first time a Soviet leader had crossed the threshold of St Peter's.

(Macedonian) (Spanish) He also visibly trembled at times. (Latvian) (Traditional Chinese) (Slovenian) In his final years, he was forced to delegate many of his official duties, but still found the strength to speak to the faithful from a window at the Vatican. He died two months later.Pope John Paul II is remembered for his successful efforts to end communism, as well as for building bridges with peoples of other faiths, and issuing the Catholic Church's first apology for its actions during World War II. As John Paul II set foot on his native soil, at Okecie military airport, he fell on his knees and kissed the ground. (Arabic) During Andersen’s boyhood, his father died, and the child went to work in a factory briefly.