POPE ST.JOHN XXIII

BACKROUND INFORMATION

• His real name is Giuseppe roncalli
• He was a history teacher
• Got elected in 1958
• He refgined from October 1958-1963
• He was elected at age 77

HELPING THE CHURCH

• He was a kindly unassuming Italian who had worked in many of the worlds trouble spots during his career as a bishop and and diplomat
• He called for the Vatican 11 which Showed a sign of the holy spirits continued presence in the church
• He wanted to hold his own council and got an unexpected response
• It started with over 200 bishops
• He served in several papals including papal nuncio in France

HELPING WITH THE CHURCH

• He was elected at age 77
• He took the name john to show all the antipopes he was the one and only real pope
• He set up the second Vatican council to help make the church a better place and solve problems
• He only lasted four years as pope but he did several things to help the church
• He was also known as a servant of God

POPE ST JOHN PAUL II

BACKROUND INFO

• also known as St. John Paul the great
• Was pope of the Catholic Church from May 1978-April 2005
• He was the second longest serving pope in modern history
• Was born in poland and was the first non-Italian pope
• He went back to Poland several times during his reign

INFO

• He helped try to end communist rule in Poland his home land
• helped improve relations with Judaism, Islam, and the Eastern Orthodox Church
• He was the most traveled pope ever
• Someone tried to assain him during his reign
• But he survived the bullets and continued to reign and help the church

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920.
• He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska
• He made his First Holy Communion at age 9 and was confirmed at 18.
• he enrolled in Cracow's Jagiellonian University in 1938 and in a school for drama.
• The Nazi occupation forces closed the university in 1939 and young Karol had to work in a quarry

POPE FRANCIS

POPE FRANCIS

• Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergogli
• He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979
• He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, and was created a Cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
• on 28 February 2013, a papal conclave elected Bergoglio as his successor on 13 March. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis
• Throughout his public life, both as an individual and as a religious leader, Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, his concern for the poor,

POPE FRANCIS

• his commitment was a way to build bridges between people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths
• Pope Francis has affirmed Catholic doctrine on abortion, contraception, and homosexuality.
• he maintains that he is a "Son of the Church" regarding loyalty to Church
• he is Bishop of Rome and absolute Sovereign of the Vatican City
• As a Cardinal, the Pontiff opposed gay marriage in Argentina