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Karol Józef Wojtyła est un prêtre polonais, évêque puis archevêque de Cracovie, cardinal, élu pour être le 264e pape de l’Église catholique le 16 octobre 1978 sous le nom de Jean-Paul II . Il est appelé saint Jean-Paul II par les catholiques depuis sa canonisation en 2014.

Étudiant polonais en philologie, il joue dans un groupe de théâtre antinazi et entre au séminaire clandestin en 1942. Ordonné prêtre en 1946, après des études à Rome et en France, il est prêtre en Pologne communiste en 1948 auprès de la jeunesse. Après sa thèse sur l'amour, particulièrement conjugal, le cardinal Sapieha le nomme à l'université. Il devient, en 1958, le plus jeune évêque polonais. Il s'oppose au matérialisme, notamment en demandant une église à Nowa Huta.

Pendant Vatican II, sa maîtrise des langues et de la théologie en font le porte-parole de l'épiscopat polonais, ce qui le fait remarquer par le futur Paul VI. Archevêque, puis cardinal en 1968 , il défend les ouvriers face au régime communiste, défendant les droits de l'homme et il s'intègre à la curie où, à la demande de Paul VI, il prêche les exercices spirituels de 1976. Il reçoit des voix lors du conclave d'août 1978. À l'issue du conclave d'octobre 1978, qui fait suite à la mort brutale de Jean-Paul Ier, il est élu sur proposition du cardinal König. C’est le premier pape non italien depuis le pape néerlandais Adrien VI en 1522, ainsi que le premier pape polonais et slave de l’histoire du catholicisme.

En tant que pape, il s'oppose à l'idéologie communiste et par son action, notamment en Pologne, favorise la chute du bloc de l'Est. Sa volonté de défense de la dignité humaine le conduit à promouvoir les droits de l’homme. Il améliore sensiblement les relations du catholicisme avec les juifs, les orthodoxes, les anglicans et les musulmans. Il est à l’origine de la première réunion internationale inter-religieuse d’Assise en 1986, réunissant plus de 194 chefs de religion.

Son pontificat est à ce jour le troisième plus long de l’histoire catholique après ceux de saint Pierre et Pie IX . Il a parcouru plus de 129 pays pendant son pontificat, plus de cinq cents millions de personnes ayant pu le voir durant cette période, et institué de grands rassemblements, comme les Journées mondiales de la jeunesse. Il a béatifié 1 340 personnes et canonisé 483 saints, soit plus que pendant les cinq siècles précédents.

Jean-Paul II est généralement considéré comme l’un des meneurs politiques les plus influents du XXe siècle. Plus encore, il est présenté de plus en plus comme le modèle de la nouvelle évangélisation, portée par l'ensemble de sa vision pastorale et incarnée jusque dans sa sainteté de vie. Béatifié le 1er mai 2011 par son successeur le pape Benoît XVI, puis canonisé par le pape François le 27 avril 2014, il est considéré comme saint par l'Église catholique et est fêté le 22 octobre, date de son intronisation pontificale. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. mai 1920 – 2. avril 2005   •   Autres noms Karol Józef Wojtyła
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“human being is by nature a philosopher”

Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html

“God assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman.”

General audience of Wednesday, 24 November, which took place in the Paul VI Hall
Source: http://theologyofthebody.us/node/133 (English)

“After school-leaving exams we were doing creampies.”

A po maturach chodziliśmy na kremówki.
Spoken during Pope's last visit to his hometown Wadowice. Source: Papal Creampie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2XZZEDAwY

“Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ!”

Homily of His Holiness John Paul II for the Inauguration of his Pontificate, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, on Sunday, 22 October 1978. Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20220324025630/https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1978/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19781022_inizio-pontificato.html from the original https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1978/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19781022_inizio-pontificato.html on March 24, 2022.
Other Quotes by Pope John Paul II

“The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.”

homily of J-P II at Radom military base in Warsaw, Poland on June 4, 1991.
Source: Unborn Word of the Day http://unbornwordoftheday.com/2007/07/13/jpii-revealed-heartfelt-pain-about-abortion-to-his-countrymen/

“In the "unity of the two", man and woman are called from the beginning not only to exist "side by side" or "together", but they are also called to exist mutually "one for the other."”

Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem, 15 August 1988
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_15081988_mulieris-dignitatem_en.html

“Every truth—if it really is truth—presents itself as universal, even if it is not the whole truth. If something is true, then it must be true for all people and at all times.”

Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998

Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html

“When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what it means to be a mature person, look to Christ who is the fullness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world and of the United States, look to Christ.”

Address to High School Students
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1979/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19791003_ny-madison-square-garden_en.html

“Faced with problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsibility: escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. But today, I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape.”

Homily during the Holy Mass on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 October 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to the United States
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19791001_usa-boston_en.html

“Women have the right to insist that their dignity be respected. At the same time, they have the duty to work for the promotion of the dignity of all persons, men as well as women.”

Message for the XXVIII World Day of Peace, 8 December 1994
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/peace/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_08121994_xxviii-world-day-for-peace_en.html

“It can be said, in fact, that research, by exploring the greatest and the smallest, contributes to the glory of God which is reflected in every part of the universe.”

Address on the Jubilee of Scientists, 25 May 2000
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2000/apr-jun/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20000525_jubilee-science_en.html

“peace is possible. It needs to be implored from God as his gift, but it also needs to be built day by day with his help, through works of justice and love.”

Message for the celebration of XXXIII World Day of Peace, 8 December 1999
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/peace/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_08121999_xxxiii-world-day-for-peace_en.html

“Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.”

Letter to artists, 4 April 1999
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_23041999_artists_en.html

“The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.”

Homily during the Holy Mass at the Capital Mall in Washington, D.C., on 7 October 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to the United States
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19791007_usa-washington_en.html

“God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your Name to the Nations: we are deeply saddened by the behaviour of those who in the course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer, and asking your forgiveness we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with the people of the Covenant.”

Written prayer placed by the pope into the Western Wall in Jerusalem on 26 March 2000, during his apostolic journey to the Holy Land
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20000326_jerusalem-prayer_en.html

“The twentieth century was the great century of Christian martyrs, and this is true both in the Catholic Church and in other Churches and ecclesial communities.”

Source: [Pope John Paul II, 2005, Memory and identity: conversations at the dawn of a millennium, Rizzoli]

“to men and women there falls the task of exploring truth with their reason, and in this their nobility consists.”

Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html

“Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of God. The loftiness of this supernatural vocation reveals the greatness and the inestimable value of human life even in its temporal phase.”

Encyclical Evangelium vitae, 25 March 1995
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031995_evangelium-vitae_en.html

“Born and nurtured when the human being first asked questions about the reason for things and their purpose, philosophy shows in different modes and forms that the desire for truth is part of human nature itself.”

Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html

“every individual is made in the image of God, insofar as he or she is a rational and free creature capable of knowing God and loving him.”

Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem, 15 August 1988
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_15081988_mulieris-dignitatem_en.html

“I have looked for you. Now you have come to me. And I thank you.”

In the papal apartment in the Vatican City on 1 April 2005, shortly before his death
Source: Śmierć Papieża, Jana Pawła II http://kalendarium.polska.pl/wydarzenia/article.htm?id=35343 (Polish)

“Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.”

Encyclical Fides et Ratio, 14 September 1998
Source: www.vatican.va http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html

“This inscription awakens the memory of people whose sons and daughters were destined for total extermination. This people draws its origin from Abraham, our Father in faith. The very people that received from God the commandment, thou shalt not kill, itself experienced in a special measure what is meant by killing. It is not permissible for anyone to pass by this inscription with indifference.”

About a Hebrew commemorative plaque in the homily during the Holy Mass at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German concentration camp on 7 June 1979, during the pope's first apostolic journey to Poland
Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19790607_polonia-brzezinka_it.html (Italian)

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