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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II, leader of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005, waves to thousands of Poles at an outdoor Mass in Kraków, Poland. Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion in Poland, and John Paul II (born Karol Wojtyła) was the first Polish pope in the history of the papacy.
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