Pope John Paul, Karol Josef Wojtyla Gallery

[cycloneye]

Karol Josef Wojtyla as a little child.



Karol Josef Wojtyla as a priest.



When he was announced as new pope in october 1978.



First visit as Pope to Poland in June 1979.



Moment when he was shot in 1981.



In 1983 he forgives the man who shot him.




His last appearance in public.



Lying in State at Apostolic Palace.

God bless the best pope in modern time.Anyone who may have photos of John Paul can post them here.

[cycloneye]

Before John Paul was shot.(There is the gun at white circule)



John Paul meets Mother Theresa.



1986 visit to Australia.



1988 visit to Lesotho.



1990 visit to Moundou,Chad.



2000 visit to western Wall in Jerusalem.

[GalvestonDuck]

[Skywatch_NC]

Some others:

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I read that during his child/teen/adult years he also enjoyed skiing, hiking, swimming, kayaking, music and theater.

[Brent]

Great pictures.

Does he have any family? Was he ever married? Kids? Brothers, sisters? There has to be SOMEONE out there who's related to him.

[sunny]

Great pictures.

Does he have any family? Was he ever married? Kids? Brothers, sisters? There has to be SOMEONE out there who's related to him.

Pope John Paul II was never married. He lost his mother and beloved older brother when he was very young. He lost his father when he was 20. That was when he decided to join the church. I would think he has some family left in Poland, though.

[sunny]

April 3: An Iraqi girl kisses a photo of Pope John Paul II at a Catholic Church in the southern city of Basra.

foxnews.com

[ColdFront77]

Great pictures.

Does he have any family? Was he ever married? Kids? Brothers, sisters? There has to be SOMEONE out there who's related to him.

Roman Catholic Priests (aside from a very small segment, a specific order of them) can't get married. If they could, they certainly shouldn't be having children unless they were.

[sunny]

Great pictures.

Does he have any family? Was he ever married? Kids? Brothers, sisters? There has to be SOMEONE out there who's related to him.

Roman Catholic Priests (aside from a very small segment, a specific order of them) can't get married. If they could, they certainly shouldn't be having children unless they were.

As far I we have been taught - Catholic Priests cannot marry, period. They are "married" to the church. Same with our nuns.

[cycloneye]

Here is the pope talking with Agca the Turk who shot him.John Paul forgived him.

[sunny]

Speculation was that Russia set up the assassination attempt.

[cycloneye]

:uarrow: Speculation was that Russia set up the assassination attempt.

Yes I haved read about the KGB being involved.

[streetsoldier]

As I understand it, the Komitet Gosidarstbennoye Bezopasnostu didn't do the job itself, but "farmed it out" to the Bulgarians.

BTW, in 1 Timothy, the primary qualification for bishop, priest and deacon was that they were to be "Sober and reliable, the husband of one wife, with a well-regulated household and respectful children...For if a man cannot keep his own house in order, how then can he keep the Church?"

Clerical celibacy was not required until the pontificate of Pope Gregory the Great (7th Century), but many of the churches (particularly the English and Irish Churches) had abbots, priests and bishops who were married, with children, up until the 11th Century after the Council of Whitby.

Pope Gregory's belief was that clergy should be "Christ-like" in all ways; since there was no evidence that Jesus ever married, this was the model Gregory demanded of those who were accepted into the Holy Orders...Scripture says otherwise.

[cycloneye]

Here is when John Paul II was presented as the new pope in October,1978



This is one of the best photos I like the most.

[cycloneye]

As you haved seen in this thread Pope John Paul II traveled to 129 countries and met with world leaders of all political spectrums.

[cycloneye]

Does anyone has photos to be posted here? I ask because I dont want to be the only one who posts photos.

[HurricaneGirl]

Luis thank you for sharing these pictures of the Pope.