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St John Paul II Research Paper

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St. John Paul II Saint John Paul II was the first non-italian pope in 400 years . He became pope in 1978 and died on April 2nd 2005. During his time as pope an assassin tried to kill him. The assassin ultimately failed and John Paul II was able to recover. He later forgave the assassin, and went back to spreading God's word. A characteristic of Saint John Paul II spirituality would be that he was very loving .He followed the example Jesus in everything he did and showed love to everyone. An example of this characteristic would be that after a failed assassination attempt, he forgave Ali Agca (his assailant). He even visited him in jail and requested for the assailant to be pardoned. Also another example would be his motto “Totus Tuus” meaning
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