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ST JOHN PAUL II - 22nd OCTOBER
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1. Karol Wojtyla’s was born near Krakow, in 1920, the youngest of three children of Karol and Emilia Wojtyla. A doctor reportedly advised Emilia to have an abortion, insisting that she would not give birth to a live child. #StJohnPaulII
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1. Karol Wojtyla’s was born near Krakow, in 1920, the youngest of three children of Karol and Emilia Wojtyla. A doctor reportedly advised Emilia to have an abortion, insisting that she would not give birth to a live child. #StJohnPaulII
2. But, of course, she refused.
Emilia died when Karol was just eight and, along with the premature deaths of his sister and brother, this would deeply affect him. His father died in 1941. And so, he later reflected, by 20 he had lost his entire close family.
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Emilia died when Karol was just eight and, along with the premature deaths of his sister and brother, this would deeply affect him. His father died in 1941. And so, he later reflected, by 20 he had lost his entire close family.
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3. When #WWII broke out Karol worked as a manual labourer in a limestone quarry, among other jobs. He also saved the lives of a number of Jewish people from the Nazis.
After the war Karol was among the first to enter the ruins of the seminary in order to rebuild it.
After the war Karol was among the first to enter the ruins of the seminary in order to rebuild it.
Happy Solemnity of #StBenedict. Many artists have been inspired by #StGregory's account of Benedict of Norcia's eventful life. Here are a few highlights from a lovely German series that pulls off the trick of telling a narrative in a single frame. Here is Farewell to the World 1/
Maurus Walks On Water 2/
The Goths were often up to no good... Here is The Discovered Ruse #SaintBenedict 3/
