Franz König
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Franz König was an Austrian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. The last surviving cardinal elevated by P
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Pope John Paul II
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Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in the 16th century,
Franz König
…decline if elected, König proposed an unorthodox alternative for a church that had not had a pope from outside Italy in 455 years: Polish archbishop Karol Wojtyła, who was then elected and would reign as Pope John Paul II for 26 years. He was mainly concerned with questions of ecumenism, however also serving as…
John Paul II in 1988
The wedding portrait of John Paul II's parents, Emilia and Karol Wojtyła Sr.
Wojtyła on the day of his first communion
Wojtyła (second from right) in a Baudienst forced labour work crew during the occupation of Poland (1939–1945), c. 1941