John Paul II

John Paul II
noun
the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005)
Syn: ↑Karol Wojtyla
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(Karol Wojtyla) born 1920, Polish ecclesiastic: pope since 1978.

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(1920 - 2005), Polish cleric; pope 1978 - 2005; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla. The first non-Italian pope since 1522, he traveled abroad extensively during his papacy and upheld the Roman Catholic Church's traditional opposition to artificial contraception and abortion, homosexuality, the ordination of women, and the relaxation of the rule of celibacy for priests

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