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 Description: His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojty³a (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on October 16, 1978, becoming the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first pope of Slavic origin in the history of the Church.
Pope John Paul II has irritated political conservatives with his crusades against unbridled capitalism and political oppression and political liberals with his defense of the Church\'s traditional approach to human sexuality.
His more than 100 trips abroad have attracted enormous crowds (some of the largest ever assembled). With these trips, John Paul has covered a distance far greater than that traveled by all other popes combined. They have been seen as an outward sign of the efforts at global bridge-building between nations and between religions that have been central to his pontificate.
Pope John Paul II has beatified and canonized far more persons than any previous pope. It is reported that as of October 2004, he has beatified 1,340 people. Whether he has canonized more saints than all his predecessors put together, as is sometimes claimed, is difficult to prove, as the records of many early canonizations are incomplete or missing.
On March 14, 2004, his pontificate overtook Leo XIII\'s as the third-longest pontificate in the history of the Papacy (after Pius IX and St. Peter). In February 2010, if still reigning, he will overtake Pius IX as having the longest proven papal reign ever. The length of his term is in extreme contrast with that of his predecessor John Paul I, who died suddenly after only 33 days in office (and in whose memory John Paul II named himself).
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| Resource Specification | | CustomTeaserText: | His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojty³a (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on October 16, 1978, becoming the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first pope of Slavic origin in the history of the Church.
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