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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/JPII_29-09-2004_portret.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="302" /></a><figcaption>John Paul II during a general audience on 29 September 2004</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> entered the <a href="/wiki/Papacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Papacy">papacy</a> in 1978 as an avid <a href="/wiki/Sportsperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sportsperson">sportsman</a>, enjoying <a href="/wiki/Hiking" title="Hiking">hiking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Human_swimming" class="mw-redirect" title="Human swimming">swimming</a>. The 58-year-old was extremely <a href="/wiki/Healthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Healthy">healthy</a> and active for his age, <a href="/wiki/Jogging" title="Jogging">jogging</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Vatican</a> gardens to the horror of Vatican staff, who informed him that his jogging could be seen by <a href="/wiki/Tourist" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist">tourists</a> climbing to the summit of the <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">dome</a> of St. Peter's <a href="/wiki/Basilica" title="Basilica">Basilica</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a>'s response, according to media reports, was "so what?" When the cost of installing a <a href="/wiki/Swimming_pool" title="Swimming pool">swimming pool</a> in his summer residence was queried by <a href="/wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardinal (Catholicism)">cardinals</a>, John Paul joked that it was "cheaper than another <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave" title="Papal conclave">conclave</a>". </p><p>John Paul's obvious physical fitness and looks earned much comment in the media following his election, which compared his health and trim figure to the poor health of <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_I" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul I">John Paul I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul VI">Paul VI</a>, the portliness of <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">Pope John XXIII</a> and the constant claims of ailments of <a href="/wiki/Pius_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="Pius XII">Pius XII</a>. The only modern pope with a keep-fit regime had been <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI" title="Pope Pius XI">Pope Pius XI</a> (r: 1922–1939) who was an avid mountain climber. An <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Independent" title="Irish Independent">Irish Independent</a></i> article in the 1980s labelled John Paul "the keep-fit pope". </p><p>However, after over twenty-five years on the papal throne, two <a href="/wiki/Assassination" title="Assassination">assassination</a> attempts (one of which resulted in severe physical injury to the Pope), and a number of <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a> scares, John Paul's physical health declined. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1981_assassination_attempt">1981 assassination attempt</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Health_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 1981 assassination attempt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_assassination_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John Paul II assassination attempt">Pope John Paul II assassination attempt</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Health_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Special:EditPage/Health of Pope John Paul II">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2021</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 1981 assassination attempt was costlier to his overall health than was generally known by the public at the time. Rushed to the <a href="/wiki/Agostino_Gemelli_University_Polyclinic" class="mw-redirect" title="Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic">Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic</a> to undergo emergency <a href="/wiki/Surgery" title="Surgery">surgery</a>, he experienced profound <a href="/wiki/Bleeding" title="Bleeding">bleeding</a> leading to a dangerous fall in <a href="/wiki/Blood_pressure" title="Blood pressure">blood pressure</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">cardiac arrest</a>, which was however successfully <a href="/wiki/Defibrillation" title="Defibrillation">defibrillated</a>. He received the <a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick" class="mw-redirect" title="Anointing of the Sick">Anointing of the Sick</a> (formerly known as "Last Rites"). Despite difficulties with extensive <a href="/wiki/Blood_transfusion" title="Blood transfusion">blood transfusions</a>, which are speculated to have transmitted <a href="/wiki/Cytomegalovirus" title="Cytomegalovirus">cytomegalovirus</a> (CMV) infection, surgery was eventually successful. The bullet had passed completely through the body, puncturing the <a href="/wiki/Intestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Intestine">intestines</a> and necessitating a <a href="/wiki/Colostomy" title="Colostomy">colostomy</a>. Seven weeks later, discussions were held about reversing the colostomy and eight of nine doctors voted against it, arguing the Pope was still too weak from the CMV infection. Saying "I don't want to continue half dead and half alive", the Pope effectively overruled his <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physicians</a> and the reversal was done successfully on August 5, 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years">Later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Health_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite the shooting and the complications during recovery, John Paul remained in good physical condition throughout the 1980s, and remained active as well. During the 1990s John Paul's health began to decline. A benign intestinal tumor was removed in 1992; he experienced two falls in 1993 and 1994 which dislocated his shoulder and broke his femur respectively; and he underwent an appendectomy in 1996. In December 1995, he had to suspend his <i><a href="/wiki/Urbi_et_orbi" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbi et orbi">urbi et orbi</a></i> blessing on Christmas Day after a dizzy spell.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Orthopedic_surgery" title="Orthopedic surgery">orthopaedic surgeon</a> confirmed in 2001 that Pope John Paul II was suffering from <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a>, as international observers had suspected for some time; this was acknowledged publicly by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Vatican</a> in 2003. Despite difficulty speaking more than a few sentences at a time, trouble <a href="/wiki/Hearing_(sense)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearing (sense)">hearing</a> and severe <a href="/wiki/Osteoarthrosis" class="mw-redirect" title="Osteoarthrosis">osteoarthrosis</a>, he continued to tour the world, although rarely walking in public. Some of those who met him late in his life said that although physically he was in poor shape, mentally he remained fully alert. </p><p>However, that claim was disputed by among others <a href="/wiki/Rowan_Williams" title="Rowan Williams">Rowan Williams</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mary_McAleese" title="Mary McAleese">Mary McAleese</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President of Ireland</a>, in their accounts of meetings with him in 2003. The Pope still showed no recognition. Papal critic <a href="/wiki/John_Cornwell_(writer)" title="John Cornwell (writer)">John Cornwell</a> claimed that, after Williams and his entourage left, the Pope turned to an aide and asked "tell me, who were those people?"<sup id="cite_ref-JohnCornwell_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JohnCornwell-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Cornwell, Mary McAleese told the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Catholic</a> newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/The_Universe_(Catholic_newspaper)" title="The Universe (Catholic newspaper)">The Universe</a></i> of a visit as President of Ireland to John Paul where he struggled to talk about the <a href="/wiki/Irish_College" title="Irish College">Irish College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> seminarians in the city are trained and to which the Pope prior to his election had often travelled. "He wanted to be reminded of where the Irish College was, and when he heard that it was very close to <a href="/wiki/Basilica_di_San_Giovanni_in_Laterano" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano">St. John Lateran</a>'s basilica he wanted to be reminded where that was too."<sup id="cite_ref-JohnCornwell_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JohnCornwell-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_days">Final days</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Health_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Final days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 February 2005, the Pope was taken to the <a href="/wiki/Agostino_Gemelli_University_Polyclinic" class="mw-redirect" title="Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic">Gemelli Hospital</a> suffering from acute <a href="/wiki/Inflammation" title="Inflammation">inflammation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spasm" title="Spasm">spasm</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Larynx" title="Larynx">larynx</a>, brought on by a bout of <a href="/wiki/Influenza" title="Influenza">influenza</a>. He was released, but in late February 2005 he began having trouble breathing, and he was rushed back. A <a href="/wiki/Tracheotomy" title="Tracheotomy">tracheotomy</a> was performed, allowing him to breathe more easily, but limiting his speaking ability, to which he reacted with evident frustration during a failed attempt at public speaking from the window of the hospital ward. </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a> (20 March 2005) the Pope made a brief appearance at his window and silently waved an <a href="/wiki/Olive_branch" title="Olive branch">olive branch</a> to <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim">pilgrims</a>. Two days later there were renewed concerns for his health after reports stated that he had taken a turn for the worse and was not responding to medication. By the end of the month, speculation was growing. The Vatican officials confirmed that he was nearing death when on March 31, 2005, at around 11:00 am, the pope, who had gone to the chapel to celebrate Mass, was beset by strong shivers which was followed by high fever because of a <a href="/wiki/Urinary_tract_infection" title="Urinary tract infection">urinary tract infection</a>. Despite the use of <a href="/wiki/Antibiotics" class="mw-redirect" title="Antibiotics">antibiotics</a>, the disease progressed and he developed <a href="/wiki/Sepsis" title="Sepsis">sepsis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Multiple_organ_failure" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple organ failure">multiple organ failure</a>. He was not rushed to the hospital again, however, and equipment for medical monitoring was brought to his residence in the Vatican, where he was followed by a team of top physicians. On 2 April 2005 at 9:37 pm, he died in his apartment at 84 years and 319 days of age, 46 days before his 85th birthday. The pope is reported to have died looking towards the window as he prayed, raising his right hand as if he is aware of the crowds present in <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Square" title="St. Peter's Square">St. Peter's Square</a> where he made an effort to say "Amen" and his life ended. The illumination of a third light in the papal apartment makes some onlookers in the square knew that the end had come.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His death was confirmed when an electrocardiogram signal remained <a href="/wiki/Flatline" title="Flatline">flat</a> for more than 20 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Pope was the third-longest serving Pope ever in history, after the first Pope <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Peter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pope Pius IX</a>. He died after 26 years and 162 days of papacy. 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title="Pope">Pope</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1978–2005)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Krak%C3%B3w" title="Archbishop of Kraków">Archbishop of Kraków</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1963–1978)</span></li></ul></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Timeline</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emilia_Wojty%C5%82a" class="mw-redirect" title="Emilia Wojtyła">Emilia Wojtyła <span style="font-size:85%;">(mother)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karol_Wojty%C5%82a_(senior)" title="Karol Wojtyła (senior)">Karol Wojtyła <span style="font-size:85%;">(father)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_life_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Early life of Pope John Paul II">Early life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1978_papal_conclave" title="October 1978 papal conclave">Papal conclave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II">Assassination attempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_and_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II">Death and funeral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dignitaries_at_the_state_funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of dignitaries at the state funeral of Pope John Paul II">dignitaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatification_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Beatification of Pope John Paul II">Beatification</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canonization_of_Pope_John_XXIII_and_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II">canonization</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_paul_2_coa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms Pope John Paul II"><img alt="Coat of arms Pope John Paul II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/80px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/120px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/160px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="825" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Coat of arms Pope John Paul II</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Acts as pope</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_apologies_made_by_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of apologies made by Pope John Paul II">Apologies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardinals_created_by_John_Paul_II" title="Cardinals created by John Paul II">Cardinals created</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_declared_venerable_by_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of people declared venerable by Pope John Paul II">People venerated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_beatified_by_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of people beatified by Pope John Paul II">People beatified</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_saints_canonized_by_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of saints canonized by Pope John Paul II">Saints canonized</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_mediation_in_the_Beagle_conflict" title="Papal mediation in the Beagle conflict">Papal mediation in the Beagle conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pastoral_visits_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II">Pastoral visits</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visit_by_Pope_John_Paul_II_to_Ireland" title="Visit by Pope John Paul II to Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visits_by_Pope_John_Paul_II_to_Nicaragua" title="Visits by Pope John Paul II to Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_visit_by_Pope_John_Paul_II_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Day_of_the_Sick" title="World Day of the Sick">World Day of the Sick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Youth_Day" title="World Youth Day">World Youth Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_relations_with_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Pope John Paul II's relations with the Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_and_Judaism" title="Pope John Paul II and Judaism">Judaism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Abb%C3%A0_Pater" title="Abbà Pater">Abbà Pater</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Criticism of Pope John Paul II">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Father_John_Paul_II_Family_Home,_Wadowice" title="Holy Father John Paul II Family Home, Wadowice">Family home <span style="font-size:85%;">(historic house)</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Foundation" title="John Paul II Foundation">John Paul II Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monuments_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of monuments of Pope John Paul II">Monuments</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Totus_tuus" title="Totus tuus">Totus tuus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"><div id="BibliographyTeachings" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_bibliography" title="Pope John Paul II bibliography">Bibliography</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Teachings_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Teachings of Pope John Paul II">Teachings</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_constitution" title="Apostolic constitution">Apostolic constitutions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sacrae_disciplinae_leges" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacrae disciplinae leges">Sacrae disciplinae leges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pastor_bonus" title="Pastor bonus">Pastor bonus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ex_corde_Ecclesiae" title="Ex corde Ecclesiae">Ex corde Ecclesiae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Fidei depositum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universi_Dominici_gregis" title="Universi Dominici gregis">Universi Dominici gregis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_exhortation" title="Apostolic exhortation">Apostolic exhortations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catechesi_tradendae" title="Catechesi tradendae">Catechesi tradendae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Familiaris_consortio" title="Familiaris consortio">Familiaris consortio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptionis_Donum" class="mw-redirect" title="Redemptionis Donum">Redemptionis Donum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconciliatio_et_paenitentia" title="Reconciliatio et paenitentia">Reconciliatio et paenitentia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christifideles_laici" title="Christifideles laici">Christifideles laici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptoris_custos" title="Redemptoris custos">Redemptoris custos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pastores_dabo_vobis" title="Pastores dabo vobis">Pastores dabo vobis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_in_Africa" title="Ecclesia in Africa">Ecclesia in Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vita_consecrata" title="Vita consecrata">Vita consecrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Une_esp%C3%A9rance_nouvelle_pour_le_Liban" title="Une espérance nouvelle pour le Liban">Une espérance nouvelle pour le Liban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_in_America" title="Ecclesia in America">Ecclesia in America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_in_Asia" title="Ecclesia in Asia">Ecclesia in Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_in_Oceania" title="Ecclesia in Oceania">Ecclesia in Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_in_Europa" title="Ecclesia in Europa">Ecclesia in Europa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pastores_gregis" title="Pastores gregis">Pastores gregis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_letter" title="Ecclesiastical letter">Ecclesiastical letters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominicae_cenae" title="Dominicae cenae">Dominicae cenae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvifici_doloris" title="Salvifici doloris">Salvifici doloris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulieris_dignitatem" title="Mulieris dignitatem">Mulieris dignitatem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordinatio_sacerdotalis" title="Ordinatio sacerdotalis">Ordinatio sacerdotalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tertio_millennio_adveniente" title="Tertio millennio adveniente">Tertio millennio adveniente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_Women" title="Letter to Women">Letter to Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ad_tuendam_fidem" title="Ad tuendam fidem">Ad tuendam fidem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novo_millennio_ineunte" title="Novo millennio ineunte">Novo millennio ineunte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misericordia_Dei" title="Misericordia Dei">Misericordia Dei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosarium_Virginis_Mariae" title="Rosarium Virginis Mariae">Rosarium Virginis Mariae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Il_rapido_sviluppo" title="Il rapido sviluppo">The Rapid Development</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">Encyclicals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Redemptor_hominis" title="Redemptor hominis">Redemptor hominis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dives_in_misericordia" title="Dives in misericordia">Dives in misericordia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laborem_exercens" title="Laborem exercens">Laborem exercens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavorum_Apostoli" title="Slavorum Apostoli">Slavorum Apostoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominum_et_vivificantem" title="Dominum et vivificantem">Dominum et vivificantem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptoris_Mater" title="Redemptoris Mater">Redemptoris Mater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sollicitudo_rei_socialis" title="Sollicitudo rei socialis">Sollicitudo rei socialis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redemptoris_missio" title="Redemptoris missio">Redemptoris missio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centesimus_annus" title="Centesimus annus">Centesimus annus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veritatis_splendor" title="Veritatis splendor">Veritatis splendor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelium_vitae" title="Evangelium vitae">Evangelium vitae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ut_unum_sint" title="Ut unum sint">Ut unum sint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fides_et_ratio" title="Fides et ratio">Fides et ratio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesia_de_Eucharistia" title="Ecclesia de Eucharistia">Ecclesia de Eucharistia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Love_and_Responsibility" title="Love and Responsibility">Love and Responsibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope" title="Crossing the Threshold of Hope">Crossing the Threshold of Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memory_and_Identity" title="Memory and Identity">Memory and Identity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other writings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Jeweler%27s_Shop" title="The Jeweler's Shop">The Jeweler's Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theology_of_the_Body" title="Theology of the Body">Theology of the Body</a></li> <li><span class="noitalic">"<a href="/wiki/Roman_Triptych" title="Roman Triptych">Roman Triptych</a>"</span></li> <li><span class="noitalic"><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Testament of Pope John Paul II">Testament</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Documents endorsed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quattuor_abhinc_annos" title="Quattuor abhinc annos">Quattuor abhinc annos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Remember:_A_Reflection_on_the_Shoah" title="We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah">We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominus_Iesus" title="Dominus Iesus">Dominus Iesus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;font-style:italic;;font-style:normal;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papal_Concert_to_Commemorate_the_Shoah" title="Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah">Papal Concert to Commemorate the Shoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_political_views" title="Pope John Paul II's political views">Political views</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scriptural_Way_of_the_Cross" title="Scriptural Way of the Cross">Scriptural Way of the Cross</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;"><div id="Eponymous_placesIn_popular_culture" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of places named after Pope John Paul II">Eponymous places</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_in_popular_culture" title="Pope John Paul II in popular culture">In popular culture</a></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Secondary schools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Alabama)" title="St. John Paul II Catholic High School (Alabama)">Huntsville, AL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Paul_II_Academy" title="Saint John Paul II Academy">Boca Raton, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Florida)" title="St. John Paul II Catholic High School (Florida)">Tallahassee, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Louisiana)" title="Pope John Paul II Catholic High School (Louisiana)">Slidell, LA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_High_School_(Massachusetts)" title="St. John Paul II High School (Massachusetts)">Hyannis, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (North Carolina)">Greenville, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Pennsylvania)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Pennsylvania)">Royersford, PA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Tennessee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Tennessee)">Hendersonville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_High_School_(Corpus_Christi,_Texas)" title="St. John Paul II High School (Corpus Christi, Texas)">Corpus Christi, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_(Plano,_Texas)" title="John Paul II High School (Plano, Texas)">Plano, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Schertz,_Texas)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (Schertz, Texas)">Schertz, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_High_School" title="Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School">Dumfries, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Washington)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Washington)">Lacey, WA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other countries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Paul_II_Catholic_College" title="St John Paul II Catholic College"> Australia: Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="John Paul II Catholic Secondary School">Canada: London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School">Canada: Toronto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School,_Greymouth" title="John Paul II High School, Greymouth">New Zealand: Greymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_College,_Rotorua" title="John Paul College, Rotorua">New Zealand: Rotorua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_in_Tarn%C3%B3w" title="John Paul II High School in Tarnów">Poland: Tarnów</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Colleges</li><li>Universities</li></ul></div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_University_of_Lublin" title="John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin">John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Institute" title="John Paul II Institute">John Paul II Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Minor_Seminary" class="mw-redirect" title="John Paul II Minor Seminary">John Paul II Minor Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_University" title="John Paul the Great Catholic University">John Paul the Great Catholic University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_University_of_John_Paul_II" title="Pontifical University of John Paul II">Pontifical University of John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_College_of_Education" title="Pope John Paul II College of Education">Pope John Paul II College of Education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bari_Karol_Wojty%C5%82a_Airport" title="Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport">Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Paulo_II_Airport" title="João Paulo II Airport">João Paulo II Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_John_Paul_II_International_Airport" title="Kraków John Paul II International Airport">John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Bridges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/El_Puente_del_Papa" title="El Puente del Papa">El Puente del Papa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Bridge,_Pu%C5%82awy" title="John Paul II Bridge, Puławy">John Paul II Bridge, Puławy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_II_Bridge" title="Juan Pablo II Bridge">Juan Pablo II Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Millennium_John_Paul_II_Bridge" title="Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge">Third Millennium John Paul II Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Other places</th><td 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