Saint John Paul II
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Karol Wojtyła was born in Poland in 1920. He was a laborer, a priest, archbishop of Kraków and, from 1978, Pope John Paul II. At the start he said: “Be not afraid!” He was proclaimed a saint in 2014. vatican.va, biography of san John Paul II
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Karol Wojtyła was born on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland. vatican.va, biography of san John Paul II
Before he turned 21, his mother, his older brother and his father had all died. vatican.va, biography of san John Paul II
During the war his university was closed. To make a living, he worked in a quarry and then in a chemical factory. vatican.va, biography of san John Paul II
He felt called to the priesthood, and from 1942 he studied in a secret seminary in Kraków. vatican.va, biography of san John Paul II He was ordained a priest on…
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