Pope John Paul II was an outstanding religious leader that was able to accomplish many issues, above and beyond those of the Catholic Church.. He took matters into his own hands and strived to fix them by bringing a voice to the cause and standing up for what he believed in. He experienced many hardships in life which gave him a personal connection on several of the issues he spoke about. This is what sets him apart from several popes and makes him a memorable leader in the world today. During the late 1900’s and early 2000’s, Pope John Paul II demonstrated his traits as a leader through such accomplishments as recognizing all individuals as unified, ending communism, and spreading his words about the catholic religion.
Pope John Paul recognized that everyone was unified. He witnessed first hand what discrimination did to Jewish people in the
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He spoke to many about human rights ending suffering in the world. He visited more than 100 countries to spread his message of faith and peace. He was able to do so because he was fluent in thirteen languages. Pope John Paul II is still known today and teaches us about forgiveness, faith, love, and humanity. Traveling the world to speak about faith was very important to Pope John Paul II because he knew it was the best way to get his word across to the largest amount of people. He wrote several encyclicals, but he knew not many wouldn’t read it; he didn’t want his words to die with him. Pope John Paul II wanted to be remembered. He understood that these readings don’t stick with you as much as actual moments of having been touched by grace. So, he travels in order to be a witness to the reality of his faith. Many people are able to have an amazing and mystical experience where they say, “I saw another possibility in life.” This is why he tries so hard to reach out to the people, in hopes to share an amazing moment in
The Pope has agreed to help defend the Byzantine Empire! After being appealed to by Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, in 1095, Pope Urban II assembled the Council of Clermont. In order to help the Byzantine Empire and ensure his power over the church he has decided to call for a military expedition to get back the Holy Land.
Furthermore, the renewal and rejuvenation of the Catholic Church makes Pope John a major reformer of the 20th century and a significantly large influencer during his time. He made universal and worldwide impacts to religious adherents by reforming and revitalizing the Christian traditions through achieving ressourcement, aggiornamento. In addition, his passion for unity amongst Christian faiths and interfaith dialogue, world peace and economic justice also furthered his impact not only within the Catholic Church but also in other Christian denominations. Moreover, in the short time of Pope John’s authority and power within the Catholic Church, the contributions and achievements he made had a substantially large impact to the Christian traditions as he brought the Catholic Church into the modern era,
Pope Urban II was sought by Alexius Comnenus, a Byzantine Emperor who wanted the papacy to help his army hold off the advancing Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor. The reason for Alexius Comnenus contacting the pope rather than another emperor or monarch wasn’t just the fact they were secular, but because the pope would have more power to persuade the people. The Gregorian movement in 1050-80 was ultimately was responsible for the new instilled power of the papacy’s position over nonreligious rulers. The pope agreed to aid the Byzantine emperor, but he also had his own agenda when it came to the military advances and the new power of his position. The papacy did not intend to only help the Byzantine Empire but to further save all of Christendom from being overrun.
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church. This is something that started right after the death of Jesus. When Jesus resurrected, he said to St. Peter, “Feed my lambs.... Tend my sheep.... Feed my sheep.” This command given to Peter made him the head of the apostles, henceforth, making him the first Pope. Peter would rule for approximately 34 years, and when he died he was succeeded by St. Linus. The tradition of serving as Pope until death was started by Peter and has been carried on for centuries. Since Peter, there have been 264 Popes and very few have not stayed in power until their death. Most recently, and most commonly known, is Pope Benedict XVI. As the successor of John Paul II, Benedict chose to step down due to old age. Despite this, Pope Benedict did great things during his papacy.
Pope Francis, the 266th pope, spreads his kindness throughout the world through his humility and approachability. He travels the world, supporting the poor and unfortunate. Pope Francis has served as both archbishop and cardinal for more than 12 years. This definitely shows his dedication to follow God's teachings and spread it everywhere he can.
...rsued this moral throughout his time as Pope. Thus, through following the works of, and Jesus’ teachings of inclusion, John XXIII has contributed to Christianity being considered a living religious tradition.
From this experience, I felt that the Pope was an exemplification of the closest human being to God. Everything he said gave me the same feeling that I get when I read the bible, except this happened in reality instead of my imagination while reading the bible, which magnifies the intensity for my love of God even more.
Previous to the speech, Pope Urban II had received a message from the Byzantine emperor asking for help to fight off the Arab invaders. So in this speech, the pope urged everybody in Christendom to carry out their duties as Christians, and go to fight for God. The pope claimed to all of his followers that anybody could have their sins and mistakes forgiven, and they could be in the good graces of God.
Marendy goes on to discuss more persecution of Jews by Christians up to the Holocaust. Once he reaches this point in history he begins to explain how Christian views seem to change and even ask forgiveness from the Jewish community for the atrocities done to them over the centuries. One figure the essay focuses on is Pope John Paul II. Marendy describes the Pope’s efforts as, “trying to build a fundamentally new and enduring relationship between the Catholic Church and Jews” pg. 18. Marendy
ignored in his country of El Salvador. He took it upon himself to use the church as a light of hope to
“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father’s love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son.” Said by St. Pope John Paul II during one of his World Youth Day homilies this quote perfectly represents the man that St. Pope John Paul II was: a bold, forgiving, selfless, and loving man. Born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland; John Paul II suffered a number of tragedies in the early years of his life. By the age of the twenty he lost all of his immediate family, and he credits the death of his father as the point in his life when he heard the call to live a life of religious vocation. In 1939, about one year after John Paul enrolled in The Krawkow Jaggelonian University, the Nazi closed the school and to avoid deportation to Germany all able men had to work. From 1940 to 1941 his holiness did various jobs, but it was during this time period that he was seriously contemplating priesthood. In 1942 John Paul II started studying at the underground seminary run by the Archbishop of Krakow, and during this time he was hit by a truck and recovered in matter of two weeks. To him this was a confirmation of his vocation. Once the war was finished the future pope was ordained priest and was then sent to Rome for further studies. After a two year time period in Rome, His Holy Father received his doctorate in theology and returned to Poland. After serving in several parishes and becoming a well-known religious face in Poland, St. John Paul II became the bishop of Ombi. During the six year time period that his holiness was the Bishop of Ombi, he achieved one of his life’s major accomplishments: he became one of the leading thinkers on the Vatican II council. While he was one the Vatican II co...
There are thousands of saints in the world, with each having their own admirable stories of sainthood and their dedication to Jesus. St Francis of Assisi was one of the saints who spent their life in pursuit of following the Gospel; giving everything he had to pursue God. It was his honest ways, eager spirit and undying temperance and fortitude that played a major role in his choosing to be a saint; a saint worth knowing.
The New Testament teaches about who Jesus is and what he did on the earth. John wrote the last of the four gospels which recount Jesus’ life and what is to come. The gospel of John is somewhat different from the other three gospels, in that it is more symbolic and less concrete. For example, John expresses Jesus as the Passover Lamb when Matthew, Mark, and Luke do not. This gospel is showing that Christianity is moving away from the long-practiced Jewish traditions. John’s gospel can be laid out into four parts: the prologue or the incarnate word, signs of the Messiah with teachings about life in him, the farewell teaching and the passion narrative, and the epilogue or the roles of Peter and of the disciple whom Jesus loved. The Gospel of John is arguably the most
In the Galatians the differences were of being a Jew or Gentile, a slave of free, but now being Jew versus being Gentile is not as much of a problem, not is being a slave or a free man, because in the United States of America slaves are prohibited. And so Pope Leo XII, the author of Rerum Novarum, developed solidarity to be applied to the problems that were occurring that day, such as the poor being forgotten. Catholic teaching is never just assumed or made up, we develop it from Revelation or something stated in the Bible, and interpret in different ways. We need to put solidarity into practice. We can do this by
Vatican City also commonly referred to as “The Holy See”, is known worldwide as the smallest country in the world. Surrounded by Rome and Italy. It reaches only 177 acres from border to border and has only 1000 people in its population. It is an independent state located in in the Rome. It is the smallest in area and population and known worldwide as the head Catholic Church for its population. Despite its reputation of being the smallest country in the world, Vatican City has several factors that set it apart from other countries such as its Culture, Geography, History, Weather, Civil Considerations and People.