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  TIME Magazine: Pope John Paul II Archive Collection
As he led his triumphant seven-day journey of joy through the U.S., Pope John Paul II confirmed what his earlier tours of Mexico and Poland had intimated: after only a year in office, the Pontiff is emerging as the kind of incandescent leader that the world so hungers for.
John Paul has led the way, denouncing economic injustice and insisting on the rights of the downtrodden.
John Paul II is by every measurement as cosmopolitan in experience and steeped in erudition as anyone who comes to mind....What does surprise is the near virginal conviction of this sophisticated Pole that Providence has kept a watchful eye on him.
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  Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Paul II was succeeded by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany, the former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith who had led the Funeral Mass for John Paul II.
John Paul II was interred in the grottoes under the basilica, the Tomb of the Popes.
John Paul II said that it was up to the United Nations to solve the international conflict through diplomacy and that a unilateral aggression is a crime against peace and a violation of international law.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II   (6255 words)

  
 Pope John Paul II -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
John Paul II became the first Pope to visit (A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil) Greece in 1291 years.
John Paul II had a special relationship also with the Catholic youth and is known by some as "The Pope for Youth." He was a hero to many of them.
John Paul II was a conservative on (A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school) doctrine and issues relating to reproduction and the (The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders) ordination of women.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Po/Pope_John_Paul_II1.htm   (6049 words)

  
 Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice), the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic church since 1978, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first ever from a Slavic country.
John Paul II has written and delivered a number of speeches on the subject of the Church's relationship with Jews, and has often paid homage to the victims of the Holocaust in many nations.
As the youngest pope since Pope Pius IX was elected in 1846, John Paul entered the papacy as an exceptionally healthy, relatively young man who, unlike previous popes, swam and skied.
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 John Paul II
John Paul pursued ecumenism (primarily with the Anglican Communion and Orthodox churches), although he was unsuccessful in arranging a visit to Russia, and took various steps to improve relations with Jews, including Vatican recognition of Israel and acknowledgment of Catholic failures in responding to the
John Paul II - John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) pope Birthplace: Wadowice, Poland Born: 1920 Died:...
Pope John Paul II and the dignity of the human being.
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 John Paul (actor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Paul (April 20, 1921–February 1995) was a British actor.
He is best known for his roles as Dr Spencer Quist in Doomwatch (1970-72) and Marcus Agrippa in I, Claudius (1976), both for BBC Television.
During his career he also appeared in films such as The Yangtse Incident (1957) and Cry Freedom (1987), and had guest roles in episodes of popular television series such as Out of the Unknown, The Avengers, Dixon of Dock Green, The Saint and The New Avengers, mostly during the 1960s and 70s.
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 MAN OF 1994: Pope John Paul II
John Paul's dissatisfaction with some of the church's traditional priestly operatives - like the Jesuits, whom he perceived until recently as becoming too liberal - has led him to encourage lay Catholic movements such as Opus Dei.
John Paul likes to spend his vacations hiking with the Rev. Father Tadeusz Styczen (pronounced Stee-chen), the Polish philosopher who succeeded to Wojtyla's chair at the University of Lublin and plays a key role in the shaping of his encyclicals.
Paul in I Corinthians declares, "Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!" Despite his belief in the redemptive power of human suffering, John Paul feels deep personal anguish at the conflicts that have devastated the peoples of Rwanda and Bosnia.
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 CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News
The wife of presidential candidate John Edwards is fighting a second bout of cancer but his campaign will continue.
John Edwards and wife Elizabeth announce her cancer has returned and he will continue his campaign.
John Edwards remains in the 2008 presidential race despite the return of his wife’s cancer.
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 Crazy for Cinema | Actor Info
If your favorite actor is missing, I apologize, but I'm only including thespians I believe have talent...or enough credits to warrent their inclusion.
Actors are listed alphabetically by their last name.
On the individual actor pages, films marked with a (*) are ones you definitely should see.
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 Pope John Paul II
Wojtyla moved up the church hierarchy, and was elected Pope after the single-month tenure of Pope John Paul I, becoming the first non-Italian Pope since 1523.
Though he played an important part in events behind the Iron Curtain, crediting John Paul II with the collapse of the Soviet Union is an understandable exaggeration.
John Paul II took prominent stands against abortion, birth control, the use of condoms to prevent AIDS, homosexuality, divorce, pornography, the ordination of women, and America's sanctions and eventual attack on Iraq.
www.nndb.com /people/366/000022300   (361 words)

  
 Buy, Sell or Research a New or Used Car - Chron.com: Cars - Houston Chronicle
It was purchased by Houston attorney John O'Quinn for $690,000.
O'Quinn believes Pope John Paul II had more to do with the downfall of the Soviet Union than any other man. He acknowledges the contributions of President Ronald Reagan in the Soviet government's collapse, but said the pope's role was more impressive.
"Pope John Paul II was well-known as an avid outdoorsman.
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 USNews.com: Pastor to the world, he led a revolution of conscience
As the longest-reigning pontiff of modern times, Pope John Paul II transformed the papacy into a truly global office and used it to minister to a worldwide flock of more than 1 billion.
He was the most traveled, the most visible, and the most vocal of pontiffs--a trained actor and philosopher who understood the power of word and symbol and wielded both with precision, whether in meetings with heads of state or before teeming crowds of the faithful.
In his native Poland, he inspired a revolution of conscience that hastened the collapse of Soviet communism, and then, with the end of the Cold War, he labored to prepare the church for its next great challenge: offering a religious alternative to the materialistic culture of modern capitalism.
www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/050411/11legacy.htm   (686 words)

  
 IMDb Name Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
John Paul (I) (Actor, "I, Claudius"; (1976) (mini))
John Paul Jones (I) (Composer, Almost Famous (2000))
John Paul Rice (I) (Producer, The Three Stages of Stan (2003))
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 Pope John Paul II NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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John Paul II was elected pope on Oct. 16, 1978, succeeding John Paul I. On May 13, 1981, he was shot at close range...
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 The Anchoress » John Paul II
Paul understood that the “little issue” of embraced contraception would become a much bigger, much greater issue, which would affect the whole world and its values.
John Paul II made great headway in dissolving the whole “the church hates sex and is trying to keep us from having it” narrative, but his writing is so dense, so impenetrable for some, that it will take decades to really unwrap and decipher all he said.
I see that Pope John XXIII (”Good Pope John”) was buried wearing the camauro, the red hat with white trim which popes had worn from the 12th century on, although John was the last to wear it until Benedict.
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 Catholic News Service - Pope John Paul II
As a voice of conscience for the world and a modern-day apostle for his church, Pope John Paul II brought a philosopher's intellect, a pilgrim's spiritual intensity and an actor's flair for the dramatic.
Collaboration with U.S. Often presented as a face-off between the world’s remaining superpower and the world’s premier moral authority, U.S.-Vatican relations under Pope John Paul in reality included major moments of collaboration.
The Catholic News Service Rome bureau chief saw the beginning of John Paul's papacy and tells what it was like to cover him.
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 Pope John Paul II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
One of the late Pope John Paul II's unfulfilled dreams was to visit Moscow and forge a rapprochement with the Orthodox church.
Although I am not a Catholic and have not participated in organized religion for many years, I was greatly impressed- even awed- by his real desire to uplift and touch people's hearts, and to try to show his love for God and God's love for all of us.
I think that there is much work to be done to thoughtfully, faithfully and with love and due reverence bring the Catholic Church into the 3rd millenia- and I think John Paul II gave us the inspiration to do it.
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 Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - John Paul: MAIN
Fans of the environmentally conscious British television drama Doomwatch will remember John Paul for playing Dr. Spencer Quist during the early...
Pope John Paul II (1920-) is said to be the most recognized person in the world.
Pope John Paul II, Pope John Paul II.
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 Actor Connections
Each medium lists the actors that appeared together in that performance, their only connection is that each has been in some official Star Wars vehicle.
Some cover groups of people who seemed to be in the same movies during a specific time period others simply show that the actors had other Star Wars experience.
John Hollis, Drewe Henley, Julian Glover, Peter Diamond, David Davies, Peter Cushing, Michael Culver, Tim Condron, Kenneth Colley, Bruce Boa,
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 Actor
2004 Paul Winfield, actor, Sounder, dies at 62
1993 Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly and Samy), dies hiking at 20
1992 John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 81
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 John
1996 John Gorman, printer/socialist historian, dies at 66
1996 John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90
1975 John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57
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 List of Movie Actors with 4 or more Movies Reviewed on Our Site
List of Movie Actors with 4 or more Movies Reviewed on Our Site
Below is a list of actors who have four or more movies reviewed on our site.
Click on an actor's name to get a list of their reviewed movies.
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