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Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
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Historical Figure
Nationality: Poland
Year of Birth: 1920
Year of Death: 2005
Cause of Death: Infection exacerbated by Parkinson's Disease
Religion: Catholicism
Occupation: Clergy, Philosopher, Playwright, Author of Non-Fiction
Parents: Karol Wojtyła,
Emilia Kaczorowska
Political Office(s): Pope
Fictional Appearances:
"Under St. Peter's"
Set in OTL
Type of Appearance: Oblique posthumous references
The Hot War
POD: November, 1950
Appearance(s): Armistice
Type of Appearance: Direct
Occupation: Priest

Pope Saint John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), was a Roman Catholic cleric who served as Pope from 1978 until his death in 2005. His papacy overlapped with the end of the Cold War and the beginnings of the era of globalization in the 1990s and 2000s, and his leadership of the Church is often cited as providing spiritual inspiration to the era's struggles for democracy and human rights. This was especially the case in his home country of Poland, where he provided both moral and material support to the anti-Soviet trade union Solidarity, which in turn played a key role in terminally weakening Soviet domination of Poland and other satellite states in Eastern Europe. For this reason, John Paul is widely considered one of the most influential political and religious leaders of the late 20th century. He was canonized on 27 April 2014.

Pope John Paul II in "Under St. Peter's"[]

Like his predecessors stretching back to St. Peter, John Paul II was fed upon by Jesus, who'd actually become a vampire shortly after his crucifixion, and was imprisoned in St. Peter's Basilica. John Paul's long reign made Jesus think he might have given him immortality, and left Jesus particularly ravenous when Pope Benedict XVI was brought before him.

Karol Wojtyla in The Hot War[]

Father Karol Wojtyla preached an impassioned sermon on courage and defiance in a church in Warsaw on Sunday, 26 October 1952, as Poles from around the city gathered to pray for deliverance. As he pounded on the pulpit, he declared "God has made us free souls! What God has made, man has no power to take away from us! Anyone who dares to try will burn in hell forever more!"[1]

The Mass he preached was interrupted when the Red Air Force began an intensive bombing campaign five days before a promised period of amnesty ended. Father Wojtyla encouraged his congregation to flee the church and seek safety. The church building collapsed shortly thereafter; whether Wojtyla survived was unknown.[2]

References[]

  1. Armistice, pg. 373.
  2. Ibid.
Religious titles
(OTL)
Preceded by
John Paul I
Pope
1978-2005
Succeeded by
Benedict XVI
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