22nd October - Saint John Paul II - Independent Catholic News

22nd October - Saint John Paul II - Independent Catholic News: 'Do not be afraid' was most often-used Biblical quote by Pope John Paul II. Karol Józef Wojty�a was born in the Polish town of Wadowice, a small town 50 kilometres from Krakow, on 18 May, 1920. He was the youngest of three children born to Karol Wojty�a and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. A sister, Olga, had died before he was born. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and his father,

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