John Paul II died twenty years ago, the pilgrimage pope

Twenty years ago, on April 2, 2005, the news of the death of John Paul II was stopped around the world – not just for Catholics. Because of the Pope, who First or only on many domains It brought the church close to the people and died. To mark the anniversary of his death, a special mass was celebrated in the Vatican in the presence of Italian Prime Minister Georgia Melon.

Born in Vadavis, Carol Vojdila was the first non -Italian Pope in several hundred years. This was the first polish to sit on the throne of St. Peter. He dedicated himself to representation of his youth.

Pope traveling and trend creator

This is the first person who created its brand image on the pilgrimage. Throughout his Bonfigate, John Paul II visited a hundred and thirty countries about one or more times. On all its trips abroad, it is 1,247,000 km.

On his first arrival, he moved to the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Bahamas.

Visiting for his homeland Poland nine times. He visited the United States and France seven times, five times each to Mexico and Spain. Millions of people assisted with his masses and meetings – in 1995, about five million believers in Manila attended the Moses.

Meetings with young people were important to him and gave him House of World Youth DayAn event that continues to date. His conversations with young men were in front of the Archbishop’s palace, under the pope’s famous window as they went to Grako.

This is one of the youngest pope When he started his work: he was 58 years old. The second longest in the history of his Bonfigade Pope, not mentioned by St. Peters – two years long. Pius IX is only long, thirty -a year old.

In these years, with other things, Encussical fourteen, forty -three apostolic letters, smashed a thousand and three hundred and three hundred and seventy seventy Santos. He has not forgotten his literary works; One of his last books was Roman Triptic.

He spoke seven languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and Latin, which helped people with direct contact with the people.

This is the first Pope Meet the head of the English churchQueen Isabel II. He spoke not only with other Christian religions but also with Islam and Judaism.

He was still involved in his first pilgrimage to Poland, with other things, with believers in Warsaw, and pleaded poles: “Let the spirit of thy Spirit unload the face of this earth.” Many believe that one of the inspirations to create unity is the beginning of their phonficket.

Along with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Tatters, Contributed to the elimination of communism. In its last years, he said Europe needed two lungs, ie an east and a Western part. The European Union defended the advent of Polish and other countries of the former Eastern constituency.

This is the first time that describes the destruction of nature as a sin and first talks about ecology.

In 1981, he was severely shot dead by his life -long attack, which affected his health and the state. A few years later, he visited the prison killer Mehmad Ali Aka and forgive him.

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In young people, Polakos recalled that he loved a dessert. At a loyal meeting in 1999, he referred to it in his hometown of Vadov, “After completing the high school, we will eat cream pastels,” he said, a few days later, he won the nickname “Papal” in Poland.

21:37

On April 2, 2005, millions of believers followed the news of their health. At 21:37, when the Vatican staff declared their death, many are grieving. In Poland, there was a national reconciliation – its most symbolic image was the reconciliation of the fans of two Grako football clubs, which hated each other: Grakovia (in which the Pope is talented) and Visa Graco.

TV stations did not broadcast ads for several days and most cultural and sports events were canceled. Introduced national mourning In Polish and dozens of other countries.

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The documentary “21:37” by Marius Pilis, who was introduced in these days, is about these moments. “This is a story about 21:38, what happened in Poland after the death of the Pope, a few days lasted, in which we have become ordinary citizens, the mind became a community, the conflicts we are wearing. From the perspective of the years, I wanted to tell the story through the hectic people of ordinary people.

In addition, concerts, masses and exhibitions are scheduled for birthday. It is not just in Poland. For example, in Rome, a Christeroff Penteci Chrisstoff is scheduled for the concert, its fifth anniversary has recently passed.

In 2011, John Paul was declared the II Beeto, and the appointment process was completed in 2014.