what great effects did Pope John Paul have on the world?

Question

i'm doing a report on him. And i would like some more information.

Answer 1

Here is John Paul II's official biography about the time before he was Pope: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/santopadre_biografie/giovanni_paolo_ii_biografia_prepontificato_en.html

Here is John Paul II's official biography about the time while he was Pope: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/santopadre_biografie/giovanni_paolo_ii_biografia_pontificato_en.html

Interesting things:
+ He established World Youth Days and celebrated 19 of them.
+ He proclaimed 1,338 Blesseds
+ He canonized 482 Saints
+ He made Thérèse of the Child Jesus a Doctor of the Church
+ He wrote
. + 14 Encyclicals
. + 15 Apostolic Exhortations
. + 11 Apostolic Constitutions
. + 45 Apostolic Letters
. + 5 Books
+ He added the Luminous Mysteries to the Rosary

Pope John Paul II’s Encyclicals and Other Key Writings: http://www.usccb.org/comm/popejohnpaulii/writings.shtml

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

John Paul II worked side by side with Margaret Thatcher of Great Brittain and Ronald Reagan of the United States, along with our other allies around the world, to bring down the evil empire of the Soviet Union.

The Pope's timely visit to Poland and his brave and unqualified support for the Solidarity Movement there revealed the true weakness of the communist system of government.

Within a short time, Poland was free of Soviet domination, and the rest of eastern Europe soon followed. The Soviet Union itself collapsed, a few months later.

Anyone who grew up in the 50's and 60's when the "Iron Curtain" and the "Cold War" became the harsh, world reality, would have never dreamed that such things could disappear so quickly and so completely.

This was an extraordinary turn of events that would not have happened without the timely and heroic intervention of the Pope, and of course, the grace of God.

For more details, go here:

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0013.html

Answer 3

I think the most important thing he did, and this is historical, is he was the first Pope to reach out to the youth of the world. Jesus said, Peter, do you love me? Feed my children. John Paul also broke up about 450 years of Italian rule by the Papacy. I think this is biblically significant.

Answer 4

The world, meaning the system around us? The bible speaks that the 'world' is lying in the power of the wicked one (1 John 5:19).

In that sense, he must have been a great loss for that 'ruler of the world.'

Answer 5

he helped trigger the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe by visiting Poland while under martial law and supporting the strikes in Gdansk.

Answer 6

Hi Donna,It would take far too much space to answer your question so may I suggest instead that you log onto,
www.popejohnpaul.com for an indepth report.

Answer 7

He had the Pope Mobile invented

Answer 8

Well let me see here, he was a nice guy and now he is dead, oh ya they want to raise him from that now don't they and make a saint out of him, my good God we live in a vary messed world gone absolutely mad.

Answer 9

He wanted to give light to the history of christianity, he also helped me deconvert from christianity to Paganism:P

Answer 10

Bullet proof glass on tour vehicles.