what was pope john 2nds name before he became pope?

Answer 1

KAROL JÓSEF WOJTYŁA

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

wow... this is the first question where i saw the infamous 'imacatholic'. i was beginning to think that the person didnt really exist. haha go figure.