Pope John Paul II: the first 20 years.(special 4-page pullout section)

National Catholic Reporter | October 16, 1998| | Copyright

The following 20-year sketch of the pontificate of Pope John Paul II intersperses materials taken from the official Vatican chronology (italic) with NCR news repons and commentary. It begins with NCR's initial reaction to the Oct. 16, 1978, election of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Cracow, Poland, as successor to Pope John Paul I. He became the 264th pope of the Catholic church and took the name John Paul II.

1978

"This time there were three surprises: that the new pope should be so young 58; that he should be nonItalian; and that he should come from an Eastern European ...

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