feast day: October 22
patron of: World Youth Day (co-patron)
about:
- 18 May 1920 ‒ 2 April 2005
- also known as Saint John Paul the Great
- significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion
- His wish was "to place his Church at the heart of a new religious alliance that would bring together Jews, Muslims and Christians in a great religious armada."
links:
- "Biographical Profile of John Paul II" (source: Vatican):
http://www.vatican.va/special/canonizzazione-27042014/documents/biografia_gpii_canonizzazione_en.html
- "Pope John Paul II" (source: Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II
- "Saint John Paul II" (source: Catholic Online):
http://www.catholic.org/pope/jp2/
- "St. John Paul II" (source: Catholic Online):
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=6996
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