The Pope

Title: The Pope
Category: Society & Culture / People | Words: 1128 | Pages: 4.8 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Pope

Pope John Paul II (1920- ) is said to be the most recognized person in the world. He is the most traveled Pope in the 2,000 year history of the Church and speaks eight languages. Born Karol Joseph Wojtyla (pronounced Voy-tee-wah) in Wadowice, Poland on May 18, 1920 to an administrative officer in the Polish army and a former schoolteacher. In 1978, at the age of 58 the College of Cardinals elected him to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He was the …showed first 75 words of 1128 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1128 total…then makes preparations for the Papal funeral rites, the novemdieles, the nine days of mourning. During the interregnum, it is the Camerlengo who is responsible for the government of the Church. He must arrange the funeral and burial of the Pope. He directs the election of a new pope, assisted by three Cardinals, elected by the College of Cardinals, with three new Cardinals elected every three days. So the poor pope can’t bugger off.

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