St. John Paul II: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Biographies of John Paul II include Tad Szulc, Pope John Paul II, The Biography (1995), which is especially valuable for perspectives on Karol Wojtyła’s early development and accomplishments in Poland; George Weigel, Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II (1999, republished 2005), which offers rich detail but little criticism of the pope; and Jonathan Kwitney, Man of the Century: The Life and Times of Pope John Paul II (1997), valuable for analysis of John Paul’s geopolitical impact. An assessment of John Paul relative to two of his predecessors is Wilton Wynn, Keepers of the Keys: John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II—Three Who Changed the Church (1988). Critical examinations include Garry Wills, Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit (2000). Luigi Accattoli, When a Pope Asks Forgiveness: The Mea Culpas of John Paul II (1999), documents his unprecedented church apologies.
Article Contributors
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Veteran foreign and domestic correspondent Bill Blakemore joined ABC News in 1970 in the Mideast and India. He has covered a dozen wars or major conflicts including the Black September, Bangladesh, Intifada, 1973 Arab-Israeli, Cyprus, Iranian and Beirut Civil Wars, the 1991 and 2003 Iraq wars (both from Baghdad), and the ongoing Afghan/Taliban war. On 9/11 he reached Ground Zero before the towers fell. He was ABC's Rome Bureau Chief 1978-84, traveled extensively with John Paul II, and wrote several documentaries and the Encyclopaedia Britannica article about him. Since 1984, he's been based in New York, where he also served as Education Correspondent and reported on the arts and science. He began focusing on extinction and global warming in 2004 and hosted ABC's Nature's Edge. He has won most major broadcast journalism awards, some a number of times. He also writes and lectures on the journalistic profession, global warming, and the cinematic art of Stanley Kubrick.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Links added. | Nov 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - Beatification and Pope John Paul II. | Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 14, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN World - Pope John Paul II Fast Facts. | Mar 23, 2026 | ||
| Added a cross-reference. | Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| Top questions added. | Oct 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Saint John Paul II National Shrine. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Eternal Word Television Network - St. John Paul II. | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Pope John Paul II. | Jun 19, 2025 | ||
| Added reference to the choosing of a papal name. | May 09, 2025 | ||
| Revised article and added media. | May 05, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference to most influential popes. | Apr 24, 2025 | ||
| Changed spelling of “anti-Semitism” to “antisemitism.” | Mar 17, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Life of Pope John Paul II. | Feb 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Saint John Paul II National Shrine. | Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - �John XXIII and John Paul II: The Human Rights Popes�. | Jul 12, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 24, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 18, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 30, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to Yad Vashem. Revised opening statement. | Jan 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Pope John Paul II. | Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jul 28, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 30, 2022 | ||
| Added information about his 1979 and 1987 visits to the United States. | Mar 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Catholic Online - St. Pope John Paul II. | Mar 21, 2022 | ||
| Replaced photographs. | Apr 14, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 11, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Franciscan Media - Biography of Saint John Paul II. | Jan 23, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 13, 2018 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Mentioned that the Virgin of Fátima's third message was revealed in 2002 to be the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. | Sep 27, 2017 | ||
| Revised the dates of his first year of papal travel. | Feb 07, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jan 30, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jan 25, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Obituary of Pope John Paul II. | Dec 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Obituary of Pope John Paul II. | Dec 08, 2016 | ||
| Article revised to mention his and John XXIII's canonization on April 27, 2014. | Apr 27, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Pope John Paul II. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of John Paul II. | Jan 25, 2013 | ||
| Article revised to mention both the beatification of John Paul II on May 1 and the miracle attributed to him. | May 01, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph of John Paul II at Shea Stadium. | Jan 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Incredible People - Biography of Pope John Paul II. | Jul 26, 2010 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Holy See - Biography of John Paul II. | May 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Pope John Paul II. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Biography of Pope John Paul II. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Cable News Network - Biography of Pope John Paul II. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Holy See - John Paul II. | Dec 18, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Holy See - John Paul II. | Dec 18, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Catholic Information Network - Pope John Paul II. | Aug 04, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Catholic Information Network - Pope John Paul II. | Aug 04, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: TIME 100: Pope John Paul II. | May 10, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 11, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 07, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 12, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 01, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | May 11, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 01, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 10, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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