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Even before his election, it was obvious that the future Pope John Paul II possessed formidable political skills. As Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Cracow, he displayed a rhetorical power and disciplined intelligence that made him a man to be reckoned with by the Communist rulers of his native Poland, and a humility and charm that endeared him to the people. The unanswered question was how willing he would be to test these gifts on the world stage. As 1979 began, he seemed quite willing indeed. In planning his first two foreign trips, to Mexico later this month and to Poland...
...able to recoup through his foreign policy victories. At his Camp David summit, Carter appeared for a while to have achieved a miracle for the Middle East?a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. But at year's end the negotiations were frustratingly stalled. Poland's Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, the athletic, scholarly Archbishop of Cracow, became the first non-Italian Pope in 4% centuries; in tribute to his gentle predecessor, Albino Cardinal Luciani, who held the keys of St. Peter for little more than a month, he took the name John Paul II. In California a retired industrialist, Howard Jarvis...
...Cardinal Wojtyla, the Fisherman's shoes...
Both have a penchant for writing and seeing the world, so Author James Michener and Karol Cardinal Wojtyla got along just fine. The meeting, which took place last July in the Cardinal's garden in Cracow, was to tape a segment of James Michener's World, an eight-part PBS special, narrated by Michener. After finishing the segment, entitled Poland...
More than 200,000 people were packed into St. Peter's Square when Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, 58, Archbishop of Cracow, received the ceremonial vestment as the 263rd successor to St. Peter and spiritual leader of some 700 million Roman Catholics. As the Cardinals of the church filed forward to pay him homage, he spoke warmly, and often at length, with each, disregarding the presence of television cameras. The most electric moment came when Poland's Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski knelt to kiss the papal ring. John Paul lifted his stern old mentor to his feet, embraced him, then kissed the Polish...