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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <small><i>(January 2012)</i></small></span></td> </tr> </table> <table class="infobox" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left; width:23em"> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:larger; background-color:gold"><i><b>Veritatis Splendor</b></i><br/> <small>(<a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" title="Latin language" class="mw-redirect">Latin</a>: <i><b>The Splendor of Truth</b></i>)<br/> <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">Encyclical Letter</a> of <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a> John Paul II<br/></small> <div class="center"> <div class="floatnone"><small><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_paul_2_coa.svg" class="image"><img alt="John paul 2 coa.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150412113521im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/60px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png" width="60" height="73" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150412113521im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/90px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150412113521im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/John_paul_2_coa.svg/120px-John_paul_2_coa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="825" data-file-height="1000"/></a></small></div> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table width="100%" style="background-color:#f9f9f9"> <tr style="vertical-align:center; text-align:center"> <td width="40%"><i><b><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centesimus_annus" title="Centesimus annus">Centesimus annus</a></b></i></td> <td width="20%"><font color="#AAAAAA">◄</font><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cercle_jaune_50%25.svg" class="image"><img alt="Cercle jaune 50%.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150412113521im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cercle_jaune_50%25.svg/20px-Cercle_jaune_50%25.svg.png" width="20" height="20" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150412113521im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cercle_jaune_50%25.svg/30px-Cercle_jaune_50%25.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150412113521im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Cercle_jaune_50%25.svg/40px-Cercle_jaune_50%25.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200"/></a><font color="#AAAAAA">►</font></td> <td width="40%"><i><b><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelium_vitae" title="Evangelium vitae" class="mw-redirect">Evangelium vitae</a></b></i></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Date</b></td> <td>6 August 1993</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Argument</b></td> <td>On some fundamental questions of the Church's Moral Teaching</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Encyclical number</b></td> <td>10 of 14 of the Pontificate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Text</b></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113521/http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_06081993_veritatis-splendor_lt.html">in Latin</a><br/> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113521/http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_06081993_veritatis-splendor_en.html">in English</a></td> </tr> </table> <p><br/> <i><b>Veritatis Splendor</b></i> (<a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "The Splendor of Truth") is an <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">encyclical</a> by <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>. It expresses the position of the <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholic Church</a> regarding fundamentals of the Church's role in moral teaching. The encyclical is one of the most comprehensive and philosophical teachings of moral theology in the Catholic tradition. It was <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promulgation" title="Promulgation">promulgated</a> on 6 August 1993. Cardinal <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Cottier" title="Georges Cottier">Georges Cottier</a>, <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_the_Sacred_Palace" title="Master of the Sacred Palace" class="mw-redirect">Theologian emeritus of the Pontifical Household</a> and now Cardinal-Deacon of <i><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santi_Domenico_e_Sisto" title="Santi Domenico e Sisto">Santi Domenico e Sisto</a></i> the University Church of the <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifical_University_of_Saint_Thomas_Aquinas" title="Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas">Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, <i>Angelicum</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> were influential in drafting the encyclical.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Summary"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Summary</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Response_to_moral_relativism"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Response to moral relativism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Moral_authority_of_the_Catholic_Church"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Moral authority of the Catholic Church</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Human_freedom_and_divine_law"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Human freedom and divine law</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Natural_law"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Natural law</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#The_judgement_of_conscience"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">The judgement of conscience</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#The_.22fundamental_option.2C.22_sin.2C_and_salvation"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">The "fundamental option," sin, and salvation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Reality_of_intrinsically_evil_acts"><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span> <span class="toctext">Reality of intrinsically evil acts</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Summary">Summary</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Summary">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p><i>Veritatis Splendor</i> responds to questions of <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_in_religion" title="Ethics in religion">moral theology</a> that had been raised during the postconciliar period of the Church (events after the <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_II" title="Vatican II" class="mw-redirect">Vatican II</a> ecumenical council of 1962-65). These questions revolve around man's ability to discern good, the existence of evil, the role of human freedom and human <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscience" title="Conscience">conscience</a>, <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin" title="Mortal sin">mortal sin</a>, and the authority of the <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magisterium" title="Magisterium">magisterium</a> of the Catholic Church in guiding man. In response to these, Pope John Paul II emphatically insists that moral truth is knowable, that the choice of good or evil has a profound effect on one's relationship with God, and that there is no true contradiction between freedom and following the good. Veritatis Splendor consists of three chapters: (I) Teacher, What Good Must I Do; (II) Do Not Be Conformed to this World; and (III) Lest the Cross of Christ be Emptied of its Power.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Response_to_moral_relativism">Response to moral relativism</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Response to moral relativism">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><i>Veritatis Splendor</i> begins by asserting that there are indeed absolute truths accessible to all persons. Contrary to the philosophy of <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism" title="Moral relativism">moral relativism</a>, the encyclical insists that moral law is universal across people in varying cultures, and is in fact rooted in the human condition. Pope John Paul teaches that no matter how separated someone is from God, "in the depths of his heart there always remains a yearning for absolute truth and a thirst to attain full knowledge of it." He goes on to say that the splendor of truth "shines forth deep within the human spirit."</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Moral_authority_of_the_Catholic_Church"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_authority" title="Moral authority">Moral authority</a> of the Catholic Church</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Moral authority of the Catholic Church">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Ultimately, John Paul teaches, "to ask about the good, in fact, ultimately means to turn towards God, the fullness of goodness." Against the idea that the Church's teaching body has a mainly exhortatory role, the pope reiterates the Catholic doctrine that the magisterium of the Catholic Church has authority to definitively pronounce on moral questions. Even more, John Paul teaches that the Church is Christ's particular response to help answer everyone's question of what is right and wrong.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Human_freedom_and_divine_law">Human freedom and divine law</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Human freedom and divine law">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>John Paul teaches that there is no true conflict between human freedom and God's law. The true end of human freedom is growth as a mature person into how each is created by God. Furthermore, God's divine law governing human behavior is not opposed to human freedom, but rather "it protects and promotes that freedom."</p> <p>The encyclical affirms that today's respect for human freedom "represents one of the positive achievements of modern culture." However, he cautions, though it is a good, human freedom is not in itself an absolute. Merely deciding for oneself that one may do something is not at all a true substitute for determining whether something is in fact good or bad. Because God is the true author of good, it remains of critical importance to understand how the divine Law, as expressed by the authoritative magisterium of the Church, considers an issue before determining absolutely for oneself.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Natural_law">Natural law</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Natural law">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The pope welcomes and supports the role of human reason in discovering and applying the natural law (those aspects of the moral law that may be discovered without divine revelation). Nevertheless, because God remains the true author of moral law, he states that human reason will not properly supersede the elements of the moral law that are of divine origin—the encyclical states that this "would be the death of true freedom." In particular, John Paul denies those ideas of morality that treat the human body as a "raw datum," separating man and how he uses his body from his greater meaning derived from the entirety of his person.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_judgement_of_conscience">The judgement of conscience</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The judgement of conscience">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>John Paul reiterates the longstanding Catholic teaching that people are obliged to follow their <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscience" title="Conscience">conscience</a>, and that if they do not, they are condemned by their own conscience.</p> <p>John Paul depicts conscience as a form of inner dialogue. However, he insists, it is not merely a dialogue of a man with himself, but it is very much a dialogue between man and God. Following <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonaventure" title="Bonaventure">Bonaventure</a>, John Paul likens conscience to a herald from God who proclaims the divine law. In opposition to how it is often represented elsewhere, John Paul insists that conscience is emphatically not a replacement for the divine law. Rather, it is the process by which a person may apply the divinely revealed law to the concrete situation at hand.</p> <p><i>Veritatis Splendor</i> states that because conscience may err in its judgment, a person is obliged to do his best to inform his conscience. Hence, it remains crucial for a person to make an effort to understand what the divine law on a matter is, as expressed by the Church, and the reasons behind it. Even if a person is not condemned by his conscience for a morally wrong act, committing that act nevertheless causes damage in other ways, and if done habitually it can progressively make it harder for a person to perceive the truth. Furthermore, habitual sin enslaves us, so following a wrong judgment of conscience is in the end a step away from freedom.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_.22fundamental_option.2C.22_sin.2C_and_salvation">The "fundamental option," sin, and salvation</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The "fundamental option," sin, and salvation">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The encyclical also responds to the idea of the "fundamental option." In this way of thinking, a man's particular actions do not necessarily affect his ultimate salvation—what is important is his fundamental orientation towards or against God. The pope writes:</p> <p>"There is no doubt that Christian moral teaching, even in its Biblical roots, acknowledges the specific importance of a fundamental choice which qualifies the moral life and engages freedom on a radical level before God. It is a question of the decision of faith, of the obedience of faith (cf. Rom 16:26) "by which man makes a total and free self-commitment to God, offering 'the full submission of intellect and will to God as he reveals' "."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>John Paul firmly opposes the theological assertion that such a fundamental choice can be separated from particular actions, stating that it is contrary to Scripture as well as to long-held Catholic teaching on sin and salvation. He also opposes it on philosophical grounds, writing, "To separate the fundamental option from concrete kinds of behaviour means to contradict the substantial integrity or personal unity of the moral agent in his body and in his soul."</p> <p>John Paul emphasizes that the "fundamental option" view undermines the traditional Catholic understanding on <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin" title="Mortal sin">mortal sin</a> and <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venial_sin" title="Venial sin">venial sin</a>, their distinction, and effects: "For mortal sin exists also when a person knowingly and willingly, for whatever reason, chooses something gravely disordered.... The person turns away from God and loses charity."</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Reality_of_intrinsically_evil_acts">Reality of intrinsically evil acts</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reality of intrinsically evil acts">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The encyclical also insists that certain acts are intrinsically evil. In the language of Catholic moral theology, this means that certain acts are always wrong, and that there are never circumstances in which they may be permitted if done knowingly and intentionally. Stated another way, this is a strong support for the long-held doctrine of Catholic moral theology that "the ends do not justify the means." John Paul bases this on the argument that certain acts are so destructive to the human person that there are no extenuating circumstances that would allow them. As an example, John Paul specifically mentions the teaching of <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Pope Paul VI</a> on contraception, which stipulates that although it is permissible to tolerate a lesser evil to prevent a greater one, or to promote a greater good, it is never permissible, even in the gravest of circumstances to intentionally do an evil so that good may come of it. Or in other words it is never permissible to intend directly something which contradicts a moral order. This reiterates Paul VI's teaching on contraception, and that if an act is intrinsically evil, a good intention or particular circumstances can diminish their evil, but they cannot remove it.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Encyclicals_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II" class="mw-redirect">List of Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalism" title="Personalism">Personalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology_of_the_Body" title="Theology of the Body">Theology of the Body</a></li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113521/http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2003/documents/ns_lit_doc_20031021_titoli-diaconie-cardinali_en.html">http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2003/documents/ns_lit_doc_20031021_titoli-diaconie-cardinali_en.html</a> Accessed 17 February 2013; <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113521/http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_cottier_gjmm_en.html">http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_cottier_gjmm_en.html</a> Accessaed 17 February 2013</span></li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In an interview in "30Days", 3-2004 Cottier remarked:"Going back to the early years, the first “big” text I worked on was the social encyclical Centesimus annus. And then the Ut unum sint on ecumenicalism, the moral encyclical Veritatis splendor, and the Fides et ratio… also the Catechism of the Catholic Church" <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113521/http://www.30giorni.it/articoli_id_3545_l3.htm">http://www.30giorni.it/articoli_id_3545_l3.htm</a> Accessed 17 February 2013</span></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Veritatis Splendor</i>, 66</span></li> </ol> </div> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Weigel" title="George Weigel">Weigel, George</a>, <i>Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II</i>, Harper Collins, New York, 1999, <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0060932864" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-06-093286-4</a>.</li> <li><i>Veritatis Splendor and the Renewal of Moral Theology</i>, J. A. DiNoia and Romanus Cesario, eds., Our Sunday Visitor / Scepter Publishers / Midwest Theological Forum, Chicago, 1994, <a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0879737395" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-87973-739-5</a>.</li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veritatis_Splendor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150412113521/http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_06081993_veritatis-splendor_en.html">Complete text of the encyclical from the Vatican website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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title="List of people declared venerable by Pope John Paul II">People venerated</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pastoral_visits_of_Pope_John_Paul_II_outside_Italy" title="List of pastoral visits of Pope John Paul II outside Italy">Pastoral visits</a> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:90%;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_visit_to_Ireland" title="Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland">Ireland</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:90%;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_visits_to_Nicaragua" title="Pope John Paul II's visits to Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:90%;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_visit_to_the_United_Kingdom" title="Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Day_of_the_Sick" title="World Day of the Sick">World Day of the Sick</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Youth_Day" title="World Youth Day">World Youth Day</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Relations</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_and_Judaism" title="Pope John Paul II and Judaism">Judaism</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Other topics</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><i><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abb%C3%A0_Pater" title="Abbà Pater">Abbà Pater</a></i></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Criticism of Pope John Paul II">Criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Father_John_Paul_II_Family_Home_in_Wadowice" title="Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice">Family home <span style="font-size:90%;">(historic house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_health" title="Pope John Paul II's health">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Foundation" title="John Paul II Foundation">John Paul II Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monuments_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="List of monuments of Pope John Paul II">Monuments</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiara_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Tiara of Pope John Paul II">Tiara</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%"> <div class="hlist"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_bibliography" title="Pope John Paul II bibliography">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachings_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Teachings of Pope John Paul II">Teachings</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_constitution" title="Apostolic constitution">Apostolic constitutions</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrae_Disciplinae_Leges" title="Sacrae Disciplinae Leges">Sacrae Disciplinae Leges</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastor_Bonus" title="Pastor Bonus">Pastor Bonus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Corde_Ecclesiae" title="Ex Corde Ecclesiae">Ex Corde Ecclesiae</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidei_depositum" title="Fidei depositum">Fidei depositum</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universi_Dominici_gregis" title="Universi Dominici gregis">Universi Dominici gregis</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_exhortation" title="Apostolic exhortation">Apostolic exhortations</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catechesi_tradendae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catechesi tradendae (page does not exist)">Catechesi tradendae</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiaris_consortio" title="Familiaris consortio">Familiaris consortio</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliatio_et_paenitentia" title="Reconciliatio et paenitentia">Reconciliatio et paenitentia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christifideles_laici" title="Christifideles laici">Christifideles laici</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemptoris_custos" title="Redemptoris custos">Redemptoris custos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastores_dabo_vobis" title="Pastores dabo vobis">Pastores dabo vobis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_in_America" title="Ecclesia in America">Ecclesia in America</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_in_Asia" title="Ecclesia in Asia">Ecclesia in Asia</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_letter" title="Ecclesiastical letter">Ecclesiastical letters</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominicae_Cenae" title="Dominicae Cenae">Dominicae Cenae</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinatio_Sacerdotalis" title="Ordinatio Sacerdotalis">Ordinatio Sacerdotalis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_Women" title="Letter to Women">Letter to Women</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_tuendam_fidem" title="Ad tuendam fidem">Ad tuendam fidem</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novo_Millennio_Ineunte" title="Novo Millennio Ineunte">Novo Millennio Ineunte</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misericordia_Dei" title="Misericordia Dei">Misericordia Dei</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosarium_Virginis_Mariae" title="Rosarium Virginis Mariae">Rosarium Virginis Mariae</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclical" title="Encyclical">Encyclicals</a></th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemptor_hominis" title="Redemptor hominis">Redemptor hominis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dives_in_misericordia" title="Dives in misericordia">Dives in misericordia</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laborem_exercens" title="Laborem exercens">Laborem exercens</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavorum_Apostoli" title="Slavorum Apostoli">Slavorum Apostoli</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominum_et_vivificantem" title="Dominum et vivificantem">Dominum et vivificantem</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemptoris_Mater" title="Redemptoris Mater">Redemptoris Mater</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sollicitudo_rei_socialis" title="Sollicitudo rei socialis">Sollicitudo rei socialis</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redemptoris_Missio" title="Redemptoris Missio">Redemptoris Missio</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centesimus_annus" title="Centesimus annus">Centesimus annus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritatis_splendor" title="Veritatis splendor" class="mw-redirect">Veritatis splendor</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelium_vitae" title="Evangelium vitae" class="mw-redirect">Evangelium vitae</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ut_Unum_Sint" title="Ut Unum Sint">Ut Unum Sint</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fides_et_Ratio" title="Fides et Ratio">Fides et Ratio</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_de_Eucharistia" title="Ecclesia de Eucharistia">Ecclesia de Eucharistia</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Books</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Responsibility" title="Love and Responsibility">Love and Responsibility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Threshold_of_Hope" title="Crossing the Threshold of Hope">Crossing the Threshold of Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_and_Identity" title="Memory and Identity">Memory and Identity</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Other writings</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jeweler%27s_Shop" title="The Jeweler's Shop">The Jeweler's Shop</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology_of_the_Body" title="Theology of the Body">Theology of the Body</a></li> <li><span style="font-style:normal;">"<a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Triptych" title="Roman Triptych">Roman Triptych</a>"</span></li> <li><span style="font-style:normal;"><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_of_Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Testament of Pope John Paul II">Testament</a></span></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Documents endorsed</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catechism_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Catechism of the Catholic Church">Catechism of the Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattuor_Abhinc_Annos" title="Quattuor Abhinc Annos">Quattuor Abhinc Annos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominus_Iesus" title="Dominus Iesus">Dominus Iesus</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Related</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;;font-style:normal;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II%27s_political_views" title="Pope John Paul II's political views">Political views</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptural_Way_of_the_Cross" title="Scriptural Way of the Cross">Scriptural Way of the Cross</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:gold;;"><span style="float:left;width:6em"> </span> <div style="font-size:110%"> <div class="hlist"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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 style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"></div> <table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">High schools<br/> (United States)</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Florida)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Florida)">East Boca Raton, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Florida)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (Florida)">Tallahassee, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_High_School_(Indiana)" title="John Paul the Great Catholic High School (Indiana)">Jasper, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Louisiana)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Louisiana)">Slidell, LA</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Massachusetts)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect">Hyannis, MA</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Royersford,_Pennsylvania)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Royersford, Pennsylvania)">Royersford, PA</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_High_School_(Tennessee)" title="Pope John Paul II High School (Tennessee)">Hendersonville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_(Corpus_Christi,_Texas)" title="John Paul II High School (Corpus Christi, Texas)" class="mw-redirect">Corpus Christi, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_(Plano,_Texas)" title="John Paul II High School (Plano, Texas)">Plano, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_High_School_(Texas)" title="John Paul II Catholic High School (Texas)">Schertz, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_the_Great_Catholic_High_School_(Virginia)" title="Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School (Virginia)" class="mw-redirect">Dumfries, VA</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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 style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Other high schools</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="John Paul II Catholic Secondary School">London, Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed_Pope_John_Paul_II_Catholic_Secondary_School" title="Blessed Pope John Paul II Catholic Secondary School" class="mw-redirect">Toronto, Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_(Greymouth)" title="John Paul II High School (Greymouth)">Greymouth, New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_College,_Rotorua" title="John Paul College, Rotorua">Rotorua, New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_High_School_in_Tarn%C3%B3w" title="John Paul II High School in Tarnów">Tarnów, Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Col%C3%A9gio_Marista_Jo%C3%A3o_Paulo_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colégio Marista João Paulo II (page does not exist)">Brasília, Brazil</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul> <li>Colleges</li> <li>Universities</li> </ul> </div> </th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Institute" title="John Paul II Institute">John Paul II Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Minor_Seminary" title="John Paul II Minor Seminary">John Paul II Minor Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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 style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Airports</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari_Karol_Wojty%C5%82a_Airport" title="Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport">Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Paulo_II_Airport" title="João Paulo II Airport">João Paulo II Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_International_Airport_Krak%C3%B3w%E2%80%93Balice" title="John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice">John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice</a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Bridges</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Puente_del_Papa" title="El Puente del Papa">El Puente del Papa</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Bridge,_Pu%C5%82awy" title="John Paul II Bridge, Puławy">John Paul II Bridge, Puławy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pablo_II_Bridge" title="Juan Pablo II Bridge">Juan Pablo II Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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 style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Other places</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Paulus_II_Peninsula" title="Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula">Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_II_Catholic_School" title="John Paul II Catholic School">John Paul II Catholic School</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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="/web/20150412113521/http://en.wikipedia.org/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 style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold;">Films</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px;font-style:italic;"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a 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