International trips, pastoral visits, synods, ecumenical and world influence, writings, etc

1. SAINT JOHN PAUL II – PONTIFICATE

2. On 16 October 1978, Cardinal Wojtyła was elected Pope and on 22
October he began his ministry as universal Pastor of the Church

3. “Dear brothers and sisters, we are saddened , at the death of our beloved Pope John Paul I, and so the
cardinals have called for a new bishop of Rome. They called him from a faraway land—far and yet always
close because of our communion in faith and Christian traditions. I was afraid to accept that responsibility,
yet I do so in a spirit of obedience to the Lord and total faithfulness to Mary, our most Holy Mother.
I am speaking to you in your—no, our Italian language. If I make a mistake, please correct me”.

5. Pope John Paul II made 146 pastoral visits in Italy and, as the Bishop
of Rome, he visited 317 of the current 322 Roman parishes.

6. Pope John Paul II condemned vehemently
the crimes of the mafia in Sicily

7. His international apostolic journeys numbered 104
and were expressions of the constant pastoral solicitude
of the Successor of Peter for all the Churches

8. In June 1979, John Paul II travelled to Poland,
where ecstatic crowds constantly surrounded
him. This first papal trip to Poland uplifted the
nation's spirit and encouraged the Solidarity
movement in 1980, which later brought freedom
and human rights to his troubled homeland

9. He has also been
credited with helping
to end Communist
rule in his native
Poland as well as
the rest of Europe

10. On 3 May 1981, an attempt was made on Pope John Paul II's life in Saint Peter's Square.
Saved by the maternal hand of the Mother of God, following a lengthy stay in the hospital,
he forgave the attempted assassin and visited Fatima to thank our Lady.

11. John Paul II pioneered the international
World Youth Days. John Paul II presided
over nine of them:
Rome (1985 and 2000),
Buenos Aires (1987),
Santiago de Compostela (1989),
Częstochowa (1991),
Denver (1993), Manila (1995),
Paris (1997), and Toronto (2002).
Total attendance at these signature events
of the pontificate was in the tens of millions

12. He consistently attracted large crowds, some
among the largest ever assembled in human
history, such as the Manila World Youth Day.
On 15 January 1995, during the X World Youth
Day, he offered Mass to an estimated crowd of
between five and seven million in Luneta Park,
Manila, Philippines, which was considered to be
the largest single gathering in Christian history

13. Pope John Paul II
celebrated 147
beatifications, during
which he proclaimed
1,338 blesseds, and 51
canonizations, for a total
of 482 saints. He called 9
consistories, in which he
created 231 Cardinals
(plus one in pectore).
He also presided at 6
plenary meetings of
the College of Cardinals

14. From 1978, Pope John Paul II convoked 15 assemblies of the Synod
of Bishops: 6 ordinary general sessions (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994
and 2001), 1 extraordinary general session (1985) and 8 special
sessions (1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 (2) and 1999).

15. He celebrated
-the Holy Year of the Redemption
in 1983–84,
-the Marian Year in 1987–88,
-the 500 aniversary of the
evangelisation of America,
the Year of the Family in 1993–94,
-the three Trinitarian years of
preparation for the Great Jubilee
of 2000,
-the Great Jubilee itself,
-the Year of the Rosary in 2002–3,
and the Year of the Eucharist,
which began on 17 October 2004,
and concluded six months after
the Pope's death

16. More than 17.6 million pilgrims attended his Wednesday Genral
Audiences (which numbered over 1,160). - More than 8 million
pilgrims came to Rome in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000 alone).

17. He met millions of the faithful in the course of his
pastoral visits in Italy and throughout the world.

18. Pope John Paul II also demonstrated his pastoral concern by
erecting numerous dioceses and ecclesiastical circumscriptions
La catedral de la nueva diocesis de Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

19. JP2 Promoted ecumenism among Christians
and interreligious dialogue world wide.

20. He also received numerous government officials in audience, including
38 official visits and 738 audiences and meetings with Heads of State,
as well as 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers

21. He played an
important
role in the
collapse of
dictatorships
- Eastern
Europe,
Chile, Haiti,
Philippines,
Paraguay

22. DOCUMENTOS DE JUAN PABLO II
ENCICLICAS
-4 de marzo de 1979: "Redemptor hominis" (Jesucristo Redentor del hombre), sobre los principios de su ministerio papal.
-30 de noviembre de 1980: "Dives in misericordia" (Dios Padre, rico de misericordia), sobre la misericordia divina.
-14 de septiembre de 1981: "Laborem exercens" (Trabajo humano y problemas sociales). Es la primera encíclica
social, publicada en el 90 aniversario de la Rerum Novarum, del papa Leon XIII.
-2 de junio de 1985: "Slavorum apostoli", en memoria de la obra evangelizadora de los santos Cirilio y Metodio
después de once siglos.
-18 de mayo de 1986: "Dominum et vivificantem" (Espíritu Santo Señor vivificador). Sobre el Espíritu Santo en la
vida de la Iglesia y el mundo. Se anuncia el Gran Jubileo del Año 2000.
-25 de marzo de 1987: "Redemptoris mater" (María, madre del Redentor), sobre la buenaventura de la Virgen
María en la vida de la Iglesia peregrina.
-30 de diciembre de 1987: "Sollicitudo rei socialies" (Auténtico desarrollo del hombre y de la sociedad). Segunda
encíclica social, al cumplirse veinte años de la Populorum Progressio, de Pablo VI.
-7 de diciembre de 1990: "Redemptoris missio" (La misión), sobre la permanente validez del mandato misionero.
-1 de mayo de 1991: "Centesimus annus" (La cuestión social, a cien años de la "Rerum novarum" primera gran
encíclica social del Papa León XIII. Tercera encíclica social de Juan Pablo II.
-6 de agosto de 1993: "Veritatis splendor", sobre los fundamentos de la moral católica.
-23 de marzo de 1995: "Evangelium vitae", sobre el valor e inviolabilidad de la vida humana. Dedicada al aborto,
la eutanasia y la bioética. Actualiza conceptos expresados en la "Humanae vitae" de Pablo VI.
-25 de marzo de 1995: "Ut unum sint", sobre el compromiso ecuménico.
-4 de noviembre de 1998: "Fides et Ratio", sobre las relaciones entre la fe y la razón.
-17 de abril de 2003: "Ecclesia de Eucharistia", sobre la Eucaristía en la Iglesia.
Otros documentos publicados por Juan Pablo II fueron seis cartas (a las familias, niños, mujeres, artistas,
ancianos y peregrinaje), un documento a los sacerdotes, 18 cartas apostólicas, 7 documentos de catequesis,
4 constituciones apostólicas, 11 exhortaciones apostólicas, 45 grandes discursos y más de 100 mensajes con
motivo de celebraciones especiales.

23. His principal documents include
14 Encyclicals,
15 Apostolic Exhortations,
11 Apostolic Constitutions and
45 Apostolic Letters.
He also wrote five books:
Crossing the Threshold of Hope
(October 1994);
Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth
Anniversary of My Priestly
Ordination (November 1996);
Roman Triptych, meditations in
poetry (March 2003);
Rise, Let Us Be on Our Way (May 2004)
and Memory and Identity
(February 2005).

24. He promulgating
Codes of Canon Law
for the Latin and the
Oriental Churches, as
well as the Catechism
of the Catholic Church.

25. A series of 129 lectures
given by John Paul II
during his Wednesday
audiences in Rome
between September
1979 and November
1984 were later compiled
and published as a single
work titled Theology of
the Body, an extended
meditation on
human sexuality

26. As pope, he officially made public apologies for over 100 wrongdoings,
including:
- The legal process on the Italian scientist and philosopher Galileo Galilei,
himself a devout Catholic, around 1633 (31 October 1992).
- Catholics' involvement with the African chiefs who sold their subjects and
captives in the African slave trade (9 August 1993).
- The church hierarchy's role in burnings at the stake and the religious wars
that followed the Protestant Reformation (20 May 1995, in the Czech Republic).
- The injustices committed against women, the violation of women's rights and
the historical denigration of women (10 July 1995, in a letter to "every woman").
- The inactivity and silence of many Catholics during the Holocaust (16 March 1998).
- The Great Jubilee of the year 2000 included a day of Prayer for
Forgiveness of the Sins of the Church on 12 March 2000.
- On 20 November 2001, from a laptop in the Vatican, John Paul II sent his
first e-mail apologising for the Catholic sex abuse cases, the church-backed
"Stolen Generations" of Aboriginal children in Australia,
-and to China for the behaviour of Catholic missionaries in colonial times.

27. Pope John Paul II taught
us how to bear suffering
in old age, and prepared
the church for his death

28. Pope John Paul II died in the Apostolic Palace at 9:37 p.m. on Saturday, 2 April 2005,
the vigil of Sunday in albis or Divine Mercy Sunday, which he had instituted.

29. On 8 April, his solemn
funeral was celebrated
in Saint Peter's Square
and he was buried in
the crypt of Saint
Peter's Basilica

30. At the time of his death, he had named most of the
College of Cardinals, consecrated many of the
world's bishops, and ordained many priests.

31. John Paul II was beatified in Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 by Pope
Benedict XVI, his immediate successor and for many years his valued
collaborator as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

32. He was
canonised
on 27 April
2014,
together
with Pope
John XXIII,
by Pope
Francis

33. the Congregation for the Causes of Saints attributed
one miracle to his intercession, the healing of a French
nun called Marie Simon Pierre from Parkinson's
disease. A second miracle was approved on 2 July
2013, and confirmed by Pope Francis two days later

34. How lovely on the mountains
are the feet of him who bears
good new. Pope John Paul II,
walked among us, a saint
among saints

35. He loved to escape
to the mountains,
God’s grandure
revealed in nature

36. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 20-9-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Fatima, History of the Apparitiions
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Grace and Justification
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Kingdom of Christ
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Mary – Doctrine and dogmas
Mary in the bible
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Santuario Mariano
Merit and Holiness
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Moral Law
Morality of Human Acts
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Bruno, fuunder of the Carthusians
Saint Faustina Kowalska and thee divine mercy
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalen
Saint Mark, evangelist
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Martin of Tours
Sain Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saints Nazario and Celso
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Mother Teresa of Calcuta
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saing Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint Therese of Lisieux
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
The Chursh, Mother and Teacher
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
Virgin of Guadalupe – Apparitions
Virgin of the Pillar and Hispaniic feast day
Virgin of Sheshan, China
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WMoFamilies Rome 2022 – festval of families
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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37. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 27-6-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias Roma 2022 – festival de las familias
Espíritu Santo
Fatima – Historia de las apariciones
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Iglesia, Madre y Maestra
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Ley Moral
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
María y la Biblia
Martires de Corea
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Moralidad de actos humanos
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
El Reino de Cristo
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Bruno, fundador del Cartujo
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Faustina Kowalska, y la divina misericordia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa María Magdalena
Santa Teresa de Lisieux
San Marco, evangelista
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Mateo, Apóstol y Evangelista
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
Santos Marta, Maria, y Lazaro
San Nazario e Celso
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
San Roberto Belarmino
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico
Virgen de Pilar – fiesta de la hispanidad
Virgen de Sheshan, China
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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