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Pope John Paul II
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Born May 18, 1920Died April 2, 2005 (84 years)
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was elected pope by the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after Pope John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted the name of his predecessor in tribute to him. John Paul II is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and the rest of Europe.
John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He upheld the Church's teachings on such matters as the right to life, artificial contraception, the ordination of women, and a celibate clergy, and although he supported the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, he was seen as generally conservative in their interpretation. He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 and canonised 483 people, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated many of the world's bishops, and ordained many priests.
John Paul II was the second longest-serving pope in modern history after Pope Pius IX. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the 16th-century Pope Adrian VI. John Paul II's cause for canonisation commenced one month after his death with the traditional five-year waiting period waived. On 19 December 2009, John Paul II was proclaimed venerable by his successor, Benedict XVI, and was beatified on 1 May 2011 (Divine Mercy Sunday) after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints attributed one miracle to his intercession, the healing of a French nun called Marie Simon Pierre from Parkinson's disease. A second miracle was approved on 2 July 2013, and confirmed by Pope Francis two days later. John Paul II was canonised on 27 April 2014 (again Divine Mercy Sunday), together with Pope John XXIII. On 11 September 2014, Pope Francis added these two optional memorials to the worldwide General Roman Calendar of saints. It is traditional to celebrate saints' feast days on the anniversary of their deaths, but that of John Paul II (22 October) is celebrated on the anniversary of his papal inauguration. Posthumously, he has been referred to by some Catholics as "St. John Paul the Great", although the title has no official recognition.
John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. He upheld the Church's teachings on such matters as the right to life, artificial contraception, the ordination of women, and a celibate clergy, and although he supported the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, he was seen as generally conservative in their interpretation. He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 and canonised 483 people, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. By the time of his death, he had named most of the College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated many of the world's bishops, and ordained many priests.
John Paul II was the second longest-serving pope in modern history after Pope Pius IX. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the 16th-century Pope Adrian VI. John Paul II's cause for canonisation commenced one month after his death with the traditional five-year waiting period waived. On 19 December 2009, John Paul II was proclaimed venerable by his successor, Benedict XVI, and was beatified on 1 May 2011 (Divine Mercy Sunday) after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints attributed one miracle to his intercession, the healing of a French nun called Marie Simon Pierre from Parkinson's disease. A second miracle was approved on 2 July 2013, and confirmed by Pope Francis two days later. John Paul II was canonised on 27 April 2014 (again Divine Mercy Sunday), together with Pope John XXIII. On 11 September 2014, Pope Francis added these two optional memorials to the worldwide General Roman Calendar of saints. It is traditional to celebrate saints' feast days on the anniversary of their deaths, but that of John Paul II (22 October) is celebrated on the anniversary of his papal inauguration. Posthumously, he has been referred to by some Catholics as "St. John Paul the Great", although the title has no official recognition.
Pope John Paul II Filmography
| 2024 | Hija del Volcán · as Self |
| 2024 | Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Favela do Papa · as Self (archive Footage) |
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| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Tut's Toxic Tomb · as Self - Kardinaal In Wawel Cathedral |
| 2022 | Nothing Compares · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | The Death of God · as Self |
| 2021 | Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | History's Greatest Mysteries (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Don Stanislao · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Finding Jack Charlton · as Self |
| 2019 | 1979 Big Bang of the Present · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Solidarnosc. How Solidarity Changed Europe · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2019 | Tell No One · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | The Mystery of Padre Pio · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Dare to Be Different · as Self |
| 2017 | Vedete, sono uno di voi · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Hostage to the Devil · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Our Queen at Ninety · as Self |
| 2015 | Café Derby · as Self - Pope |
| 2015 | The Vatican Tapes · as Self |
| 2015 | Geheimauftrag Pontifex: Der Vatikan im Kalten Krieg · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2015 | Apartament · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of Riley · as Self |
| 2011 | Abschied von den Fröschen · as Self |
| 2011 | Michel Petrucciani · as Self |
| 2011 | Joschka und Herr Fischer · as Self |
| 2011 | We Have a Pope · as Self |
| 2011 | Ronald Reagan: An American Journey · as Self - Pope |
| 2010 | Nine Days That Changed the World · as Himself |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | The Man Who Would Be Polka King · as Self |
| 2009 | Popieluszko. Wolnosc jest w nas · as Self |
| 2008 | Swiadectwo · as Self |
| 2008 | Religulous · as Self |
| 2008 | Lord, Save Us from Your Followers · as Self |
| 2008 | Waiting for Hockney · as Self - Pope |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project · as Self |
| 2006 | Being Jacques Chirac · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Kordavision · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | The Papal Chase · as Self |
| 2004 | Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution · as Self |
| 2004 | Mel Gibson: God's Lethal Weapon · as Self |
| 2003 | A Royal Family (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | The Adventure of English (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Naqoyqatsi · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2002 | The Crime of Padre Amaro · as Self |
| 2002 | Pink Floyd the Wall Redux · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes · as Self |
| 2000 | Padre Pio: Tra cielo e terra · as Self |
| 1998 | Tales of the Gun (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Armageddon · as Self |
| 1997 | The Story of Bean · as Self (photo) |
| 1996 | Conspirators of Pleasure · as Self |
| 1996 | In Search of History (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Mary MacKillop: The Beatification · as Self - Pope |
| 1994 | The Righteous (1994) · as Self |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends · as Self |
| 1990 | The Match Factory Girl · as Self |
| 1989 | Kelly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Clive James' Postcard From... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Lulú de noche · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1984 | El balcón abierto · as Self |
| 1983 | Children of Nagasaki · as Self |
| 1982 | Brookside (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Music Is the Weapon · as Self |
| 1968 | Vremya (TV Series) · as Self - Primate Of The Roman Catholic Church |
| 1967 | News at Ten (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | heute (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | Zeit im Bild (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Panorama (TV Series) · as Self - Pope |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |