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Lent and Easter Wisdom from Pope John Paul II

Daily Scripture and Prayers Together with John Paul II's Own Words

Lent and Easter Wisdom from Pope John Paul II( )
Author: John Paul II,
Compiled by: Kruse, John V.
ISBN:978-0-7648-1412-9
Publication Date:Nov 2005
Publisher:Liguori Publications
Imprint:Liguori
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $11.99
Book Details
Pages:128
Detailed Subjects: Religion / Prayerbooks / Christian
Religion / Holidays / Easter & Lent
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.37 Inches
Book Weight:0.38 Pounds
Author Biography
John Paul II, Pope (Author)
Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. He studied poetry and drama at Jagiellonian University. During World War II, he worked in a stone quarry and chemical factory while preparing for the priesthood. He received a Ph.D. from Rome's Angelicum Institute and a doctorate in theology at the Catholic University of Lublin.

He was ordained in 1946 and became Auxiliary Bishop of Krakow in 1958. He was a university chaplain and taught ethics at Krakow and Lublin. In 1964, he became Archbishop of Krakow and in 1967, a Cardinal. On October 16, 1978, he was elected as the first non-Italian Pope since 1523. On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot in an assassination attempt entering St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, but recovered fully.

During the 1980's and 90's, the Pope visited Africa, Asia, the Americas and in 1993, to the Baltic republics, which was the first Papal visit to countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). He greatly influenced the restoring of democracy and religious freedom in Eastern Europe and reaffirmed the Roman Catholic teachings against homosexuality, abortion, "artificial" methods of reproduction, birth control and priest celibacy. He rejected the ordination of women and opposed direct political participation and office holding of priests.

His extensive ethical and theological writings included Fruitful and Responsible Love, Sign of Contradiction, Redemptor Hominis (Redeemer of Man), Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), and Ut Unum Sint (That They May Be One). After developing septic shock, he died on April 2, 2005. He was proclaimed venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on December 19, 2009 and was beatified on May 1, 2011.

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