POPE SAINT JOHN PAUL II

THINK OF RECENT PONTIFFS

• John xxiii
• Paul vi
• John Paul i
• John Paul ii
• Benedict XVI
• Francis

What do you think of? What’s the legacy of each pope?

World traveler

Elderly Religious Leader

Advisor of Presidents

Charming

Noble

True Statesman

CONSEQUENTIAL PAPACY

SOME NOTABLE WORKS

• 1981 On Human Work
• 1981 On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World
• 1988 On the Dignity and Vocation of Women
• 1990 Redemptoris Missio
• 1995 The Gospel of Life
• Full list: http://www.piercedhearts.org/jpii/summary_writings.htm

AND NOTABLE EVENTS

• World Youth Day
• Theology of the Body
• Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary
• Global platform
• Helping to defeat communism

AND UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

• Priest sexual abuse scandal
• Loss of faith in Europe

Christifideles Laici, On the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World (1988)