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href="#cite_note-Critics-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an alleged lack of response to <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases" title="Catholic Church sexual abuse cases">child sex abuse in the Catholic Church</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Child_sex_abuse_scandals">Child sex abuse scandals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Child sex abuse scandals"><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 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life for those who would harm the young".<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><sup id="cite_ref-Walsh_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walsh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church instituted reforms to prevent future abuse by requiring background checks for Church employees<sup id="cite_ref-charteryouth_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charteryouth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, because a significant majority of victims were teenage boys, disallowing ordination of men with "deep–seated homosexual tendencies".<sup id="cite_ref-vatdocord_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vatdocord-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sexabusereport_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sexabusereport-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They now require dioceses faced with an allegation to alert the authorities, conduct an investigation and remove the accused from duty.<sup id="cite_ref-charteryouth_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charteryouth-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to cases of abuse, much of the scandal has focused around members of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_hierarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic hierarchy">Catholic hierarchy</a> who did not report abuse allegations to the civil authorities. In many cases they reassigned those accused to other locations where they continued to have contact with minors.<sup id="cite_ref-Bruni,_p.336_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bruni,_p.336-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In defending their actions, some bishops and psychiatrists contended that the prevailing psychology of the times suggested that people could be cured of such behavior through counseling.<sup id="cite_ref-Plante1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plante1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimesGoodstein_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimesGoodstein-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the church hierarchy have argued that media coverage has been excessive.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the widening scandal, Pope John Paul II emphasised the spiritual nature of the offenses. He declared in 2001 that "a sin against the <a href="/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_commit_adultery" title="Thou shalt not commit adultery">Sixth Commandment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Decalogue</a> by a cleric with a minor under 18 years of age is to be considered a grave sin, or <i><a href="/wiki/Delictum_gravius" class="mw-redirect" title="Delictum gravius">delictum gravius</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-VaticanStudy_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VaticanStudy-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the approval of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Vatican</a>, the hierarchy of the church in the United States said that it instituted reforms to prevent future abuse including requiring background checks for Church employees and volunteers, while opposing extensions of the statutes of limitations in sex abuse cases.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opus_Dei_and_Legion_of_Christ_controversies">Opus Dei and Legion of Christ controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Opus Dei and Legion of Christ controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Controversies_about_Opus_Dei" title="Controversies about Opus Dei">Controversies about Opus Dei</a></div> <p>John Paul II was criticised for his support of the <a href="/wiki/Opus_Dei" title="Opus Dei">Opus Dei</a> prelature and the 2002 <a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">canonisation</a> of its founder, <a href="/wiki/Josemar%C3%ADa_Escriv%C3%A1" title="Josemaría Escrivá">Josemaría Escrivá</a>, whom he called <b>the saint of ordinary life.</b><sup id="cite_ref-Opus2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Opus2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saints2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saints2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legion_of_Christ">Legion of Christ</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legion of Christ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Paul II has been criticised for hindering<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the investigation into the charges of sexual immorality leveled against Father <a href="/wiki/Marcial_Maciel_Degollado" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcial Maciel Degollado">Marcial Maciel Degollado</a>. This is despite the fact that Maciel was already under investigation by the Vatican in 1956 for drug addiction when he established the Legionaries in Ireland. At the time the Vatican had removed him as superior of the Legionaries and was investigating allegations that he abused <a href="/wiki/Morphine" title="Morphine">morphine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allegations about Maciel began resurfacing in the 1980s but were consistently ignored by the Vatican hierarchy, which approved bylaws for the group that effectively banned internal criticism of Maciel and allowed a personality cult to flourish around him. He was eventually found to have molested many seminarians and abused children he had fathered with different women despite his vows of chastity. Campaigners accuse John Paul II more generally of putting the interests of the Catholic Church above all and turning a blind eye to child sex abuse allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Birth_control_and_gender_roles">Birth control and gender roles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Birth control and gender roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Women_in_Christianity" title="Women in Christianity">Women in Christianity</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ordinatio_sacerdotalis" title="Ordinatio sacerdotalis">Ordinatio sacerdotalis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ordination_of_women_and_the_Catholic_Church" title="Ordination of women and the Catholic Church">Ordination of women and the Catholic Church</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Essay-like plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-essay-like" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>is written like a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay</a></b> that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit">help improve it</a> by rewriting it in an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Information_style_and_tone" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">encyclopedic style</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</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>John Paul II's defense of teachings of the Catholic Church regarding <a href="/wiki/Gender_role" title="Gender role">gender roles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_sexuality" title="Human sexuality">sexuality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia" title="Euthanasia">euthanasia</a>, artificial <a href="/wiki/Birth_control" title="Birth control">contraception</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a> came under criticism. Some <a href="/wiki/Christian_feminism" title="Christian feminism">Christian feminists</a> challenged views of his on the <a href="/wiki/Role_of_women" class="mw-redirect" title="Role of women">role of women</a> in society, including the <a href="/wiki/Ordination_of_women" title="Ordination of women">ordination of women</a>. However, John Paul was being consistent with Catholic teaching. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>The legacy of Pope John Paul II is vibrant and extraordinary, yet painfully inconsistent. The contradiction in his legacy lies in his teaching and actions on the dignity of women. John Paul II called for women to be included as decision makers in secular governments. However, when it came to bringing women into the decision making bodies of his church, he slammed the door in our faces, barring us from ordination and locking the door by stating the discussion about women’s ordination is closed.</i></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><small> Aisha Taylor <i>(Women's Ordination Conference 2005)</i></small><sup id="cite_ref-Aisha_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aisha-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Problems_with_Traditionalists">Problems with Traditionalists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Problems with Traditionalists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to all the criticism from those demanding modernisation, <a href="/wiki/Traditionalist_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditionalist Catholic">traditionalist Catholics</a> sometimes denounced him as well. These issues included demanding a return to the <a href="/wiki/Tridentine_Mass" title="Tridentine Mass">Tridentine Mass</a><sup id="cite_ref-HughHewitt_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HughHewitt-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and repudiation of the reforms instituted after the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>, such as the use of the vernacular language in the formerly Latin <a href="/wiki/Roman_Rite" title="Roman Rite">Roman Rite</a> Mass, <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenism</a>, and the principle of <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">religious liberty</a>. He was also accused by these critics for allowing and appointing liberal bishops in their sees and thus silently promoting <a href="/wiki/Modernism_(Roman_Catholicism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Modernism (Roman Catholicism)">Modernism</a>, which was firmly condemned as the <i>"synthesis of all heresies"</i> by his predecessor <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_X" title="Pope Pius X">Pope Pius X</a>. In 1988, the controversial traditionalist Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Lefebvre" title="Marcel Lefebvre">Marcel Lefebvre</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_St._Pius_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of St. Pius X">Society of St. Pius X</a> (1970), was <a href="/wiki/Excommunication" title="Excommunication">excommunicated</a> under John Paul II because of the unapproved ordination of four bishops, which was called by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a> a "schismatic act". </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/World_Day_of_Prayer_for_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="World Day of Prayer for Peace">World Day of Prayer for Peace</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Assisi4_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Assisi4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a meeting in <a href="/wiki/Assisi" title="Assisi">Assisi</a>, Italy, in 1986, in which the Pope prayed only with the Christians,<sup id="cite_ref-SanRufino_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanRufino-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was heavily criticised as giving the impression that <a href="/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">syncretism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indifferentism" title="Indifferentism">indifferentism</a> were openly embraced by the Papal <a href="/wiki/Magisterium" title="Magisterium">Magisterium</a>. When a second 'Day of Prayer for Peace in the World'<sup id="cite_ref-DayOfPrayer_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DayOfPrayer-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was held, in 2002, it was condemned as confusing the laity and compromising to <i>"false religions"</i>. Likewise criticised were his kissing<sup id="cite_ref-Qu'ran_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qu'ran-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" class="mw-redirect" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> in <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, on one of his travels on 6 May 2001. His call for religious freedom was not always supported; bishops like <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_de_Castro_Mayer" title="Antônio de Castro Mayer">Antônio de Castro Mayer</a> promoted <a href="/wiki/Religious_toleration" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious toleration">religious tolerance</a>, but at the same time rejected the <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Vatican II</a> principle of religious liberty as being <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberalist</a> and already condemned by Pope <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_IX" title="Pope Pius IX">Pius IX</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Syllabus_of_Errors" title="Syllabus of Errors"><b>Syllabus errorum</b></a> (1864) and at the <a href="/wiki/First_Vatican_Council" title="First Vatican Council">First Vatican Council</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Some Catholics opposed his <a href="/wiki/Beatification" title="Beatification">beatification</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">canonization</a> for the above reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion_and_AIDS">Religion and AIDS</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religion and AIDS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Religion_and_AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion and AIDS">Religion and AIDS</a></div> <p>John Paul's position against artificial birth control, including the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV,<sup id="cite_ref-Condom_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Condom-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was harshly criticised by doctors and <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a> activists, who said that it led to countless deaths and millions of <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a> <a href="/wiki/Orphan" title="Orphan">orphans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Condom2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Condom2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies said "We have found no consistent associations between condom use and lower HIV-infection rates, which, 25 years into the pandemic, we should be seeing if this intervention was working.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James Shelton, of the US Agency for International Development, said that one of the ten damaging myths about the fight against AIDS is that condoms are the answer. "Condoms alone have limited impact in generalised epidemics [as in Africa]," Shelton wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics have also claimed that large families are caused by lack of contraception and exacerbate <a href="/wiki/Third_World" title="Third World">Third World</a> poverty and problems such as <a href="/wiki/Street_children" title="Street children">street children</a> in South America. The <a href="/wiki/CAFOD" title="CAFOD">Catholic Agency for Overseas Development</a> published a paper stating, "Any strategy that enables a person to move from a higher-risk towards the lower end of the continuum, [we] believe, is a valid risk reduction strategy."<sup id="cite_ref-Condom3_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Condom3-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Centralisation">Centralisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Centralisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><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/Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Special:EditPage/Criticism 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">October 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>He was criticised for <a href="/wiki/Centralisation" title="Centralisation">recentralising</a> power back to the Vatican following what some viewed as a <a href="/wiki/Decentralization" title="Decentralization">decentralisation</a> by <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII" title="Pope John XXIII">Pope John XXIII</a>. As such he was regarded by some as a strict <a href="/wiki/Authoritarianism" title="Authoritarianism">authoritarian</a>. Conversely, he was also criticised for spending far too much time preparing for and undertaking foreign travel. The frequency of his trips, it was said, not only undermined the "specialness" of papal visits, but took him away from important business at the Vatican and allowed the Church, administratively speaking, to drift and rot within. Especially in <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, he was criticised for conservative bias in his appointments of bishops; with an unusually long reign of over 25 years, the majority of bishops in place at his death had been appointed by him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opposition_to_his_beatification">Opposition to his beatification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Opposition to his beatification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some Catholic <a href="/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theologians</a> disagreed with the call for beatification of Pope John Paul II. Eleven dissident theologians, including <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuit</a> professor Jose Maria Castillo and Italian theologian <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Franzoni" title="Giovanni Franzoni">Giovanni Franzoni</a> raised seven points, including his stance against contraception and the ordination of women as well as the Church scandals that presented "facts which according to their consciences and convictions should be an obstacle to beatification".<sup id="cite_ref-Dissident_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dissident-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beatification_and_canonisation_of_Pope_John_Paul_II#Criticism_of_beatification" class="mw-redirect" title="Beatification and canonisation of Pope John Paul II">Criticism of Beatification of Pope John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Ormando" title="Alfredo Ormando">Alfredo Ormando</a>, Italian writer who self-immolated in Vatican City in 1998 in protest of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_homosexuality" title="Catholic Church and homosexuality">Vatican's stance on homosexuality</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Health_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Health of Pope John Paul II">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 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/Saint_John_Paul_II_National_Shrine" title="Saint John Paul II National Shrine">Saint John Paul II National Shrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioannes_Paulus_II_Peninsula" title="Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula">Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Center_for_the_New_Evangelization" title="John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization">John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Center_for_Interreligious_Dialogue" title="John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue">John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_II_Foundation_for_Research_and_Treatment" title="John Paul II Foundation for Research and Treatment">John Paul II Foundation for Research and Treatment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_John_Paul_II_and_Primate_Wyszy%C5%84ski" title="Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński">Museum of John Paul II and Primate Wyszyński</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_John_Paul_II_Collection" title="Museum of John Paul II Collection">Museum of John Paul II Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_Park_Reservation" title="Pope John Paul II Park Reservation">Pope John Paul II Park Reservation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;;width:1%">Films</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/Pope_John_Paul_II_(film)" title="Pope John Paul II (film)">Pope John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Papal_Chase" title="The Papal Chase">The Papal Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Have_No_Fear:_The_Life_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II">Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pope%27s_Toilet" title="The Pope's Toilet">The Pope's Toilet</a></li> <li><a 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