Pope John Paul II
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- proper noun
- I've heard tales of saints intervening; for example, the late Pope John Paul II said that an assassination attempt was unsuccessful due to the intervention of Mary.
- Pope John Paul II said
Examples
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During the visit of Pope John Paul II to Kenya in August 1995, the Catholic Church publicly acknowledged the necessity for religious bodies to witness to the world together.
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Pope John Paul II visited many countries during his papacy, advocating for peace and unity.
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Eleven years later, in 1979, Pope John Paul II made Mexico the site of his first international trip.
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In addition, Pope John Paul II wrote a personal letter to Yeltsin protesting the bill.
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The Serbian Orthodox concerns were evident in their opposition to a proposed visit of Pope John Paul II to Belgrade in September 1994.
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More recently, Pope John Paul II has emphasized his role as the first Slavic pope and repeatedly invoked the memory of SS.
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While Pope John Paul II approved the publication of the Responsum and, as Cardinal Ratzinger has said, "actually wanted this text," it is still a statement of the CDF and not a papal declaration.
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The accession of Pope John Paul II to the pontificate in 1978 and the election of Ronald Reagan to the American presidency in 1980 became the catalysts for another major change in U.S.-Vatican relations.
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Six months later, Pope John Paul II named Spaniard Fernando Saenz Lacalle, a member of the conservative Catholic group Opus Dei, as the new archbishop of San Salvador.
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In 1978, Pope John Paul II became the first non-Italian pope in over four centuries.
Synonyms
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A Polish priest who was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
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The birth name of Pope John Paul II
Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression is compositionally built from 'Pope' (the office) + the personal name 'John Paul' + the Roman numeral 'II' indicating the second, so a learner who knows those constituents will understand it refers to the pope called John Paul the second. Biographical details (dates, nationality, first non-Italian, etc.) are not derivable from the name, but the referent and role are immediately clear and follow a common cross-linguistic naming pattern.
Etymology
Pope John Paul II got his name when he chose to honor two earlier popes by joining John and Paul and adding the number 'II' because he was the second pope to use that combined name. So Pope John Paul II refers to the Polish leader of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005, known for being the first non-Italian pope in centuries.