Background In 1978 Pope John Paul II was the first pope for
over 400 years not to be from Italy.
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Famous Pope John Paul II was from Poland.
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Iron Curtain Poland and many other countries were under
communist control from Russia.
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RELIGON IN IRON CURTAIN It was not acceptable to be a member of
a religion in the iron curtain countries.
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Surprise The world was very surprised by the election of John
Paul II.
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Effect in the world Pope John Paul II was the first pope to
travel to meet Catholics all over the world.
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Travel To Poland When Pope John Paul II travelled to Poland it
began to encourage people not to accept communism.
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Solidarity The workers in a ship yard in Krakow began to strike
for democracy in Poland in 1980.
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Travel To Ireland In 1979 the pope announced he would travel to
Ireland in September. This was to be the first papal visit to
Ireland.
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Mass In Dublin Over 1 million people went to the Phoenix park
to the popes mass.
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Mass In Galway Hundreds of thousands of young people went to
the Mass in Galway. They sang for 20 minutes when the Pope said
Young people of Ireland, I love you
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Drogheda Visit In Drogheda the Pope called on all people
involved in violence in Northern Ireland to stop.
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Limerick Visit On Monday Pope John Paul II visited Limerick to
say mass.
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Pope Shot In 1981 a Turkish man shot the pope twice but the
pope survived and visited the man in prison to forgive him.
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Effect on the World Over the next few years all the countries
in the Iron Curtain Area got their democracy and many said that the
pope helped. Some countries who had been taken over by Russia after
World War II were freed
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Longest Serving Pope Pope John Paul II was one of the longest
serving popes until he died 2005.
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Saint In 2014 he will be made a saint for his good work.