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He is the first Polish pope in history, and the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#October", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Pope John Paul II arrives in Mexico City for his first visit to Mexico, mainly for 1979's Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) or Conference of Puebla.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#January", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on his first official, nine-day stay, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. This visit, known as nine days that changed the world, brings about the solidarity of the Polish people against Communism, ultimately leading to the rise of the Solidarity movement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#June", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 29", "text": "29 September – Pope John Paul II, in Drogheda at the start of a 3-day visit to Ireland, appeals for an end to violence in Northern Ireland. Plans for him to extend his visit to Northern Ireland have been abandoned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359164130#July_to_September", "title": "1979 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1359164130, "section": "Events › July to September"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1–7 – Pope John Paul II makes a six-city visit to the United States, starting in Boston.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#October", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 – Pope John Paul II visits Brazil; seven people are crushed to death in a crowd waiting to see him at afternoon Mass at the stadium in Fortaleza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#July", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – During a meeting in the Vatican City, Pope John Paul II announces to the representatives of Chile and Argentina his proposed resolution of the Beagle Conflict.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243704716#December", "title": "1980 in Chile", "revid": 1243704716, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#January", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17–22 – Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#February", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17–22 – First papal visit of Pope John Paul II in the country; during the visit, he beatified Lorenzo Ruiz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358732593#February", "title": "1981 in the Philippines", "revid": 1358732593, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – Pope John Paul II assassination attempt: Pope John Paul II is shot by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish gunman, as he enters St. Peter's Square in Vatican City to address a general audience. The Pope recovers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#May", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine at Fátima.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#May", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 12", "text": "12 May – Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine at Fátima, Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1282968510#Events", "title": "1982 in Spain", "revid": 1282968510, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the Rudé právo newspaper calls a \"provocation.\" This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#January", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – 1983 Code of Canon Law: Pope John Paul II revises Roman Catholic canon law, the first such revision since 1917. Among the changes is a reduction in the number of offenses qualifying for automatic excommunication, from 37 to only seven.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#January", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Pope John Paul II visits Rebibbia prison to forgive his would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Ağca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#December", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "12–17 June – Pope John Paul II tours Switzerland", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275820774#Events", "title": "1984 in Switzerland", "revid": 1275820774, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 25", "text": "25 March - Pope John Paul II consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Fátima, Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365973466#Events", "title": "1984 in Portugal", "revid": 1365973466, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – Pope John Paul II announces the institution of World Youth Day for Catholic youths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#December", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Pope John Paul II officially visits the Great Synagogue of Rome, the first time a modern Pope has visited a synagogue.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#April", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo rei socialis (On Social Concern).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#December", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 12", "text": "12 October - As Pope John Paul II addresses the European Parliament, Ian Paisley heckles and denounces him as the Antichrist.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332664235#Events", "title": "1988 in Northern Ireland", "revid": 1332664235, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#June", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – In a meeting with Pope John Paul II, General Secretary of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev pledges greater religious freedom for citizens of the Soviet Union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#December", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 — In a meeting with Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev pledges greater religious freedom for Soviet citizens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311384961#Events", "title": "1989 in the Soviet Union", "revid": 1311384961, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Pope John Paul II begins an eight-day tour of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#January", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Ivory Coast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#September", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 7", "text": "7 February – André-Joseph Léonard appointed Bishop of Namur by Pope John Paul II", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367490816#Events", "title": "1991 in Belgium", "revid": 1367490816, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May", "text": "10–13 May – Pope John Paul II visits Portugal. The Pope visited Lisbon, Fátima, the Azores and Funchal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345924877#May", "title": "1991 in Portugal", "revid": 1345924877, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October", "text": "12-21 October: Pope John Paul II makes a ten-day visit to Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277107350#October", "title": "1991 in Brazil", "revid": 1277107350, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – After performing a song protesting against alleged Catholic Church child sexual abuse, Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor rips up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on the US television programme Saturday Night Live, causing huge controversy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#October", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – The Catechism of the Catholic Church is promulgated by Pope John Paul II with his apostolic constitution, Fidei depositum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#October", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – In the Dominican Republic, Pope John Paul II celebrates the 500th anniversary of the meeting of two cultures.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#October", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Pope John Paul II issues an apology and lifts the 1633 edict of the Inquisition against Galileo Galilei.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#October", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April", "text": "Pope John Paul II makes an official visit to Albania, accompanied by Mother Teresa. He counsels Albanian Catholics against supporting nationalist violence in Kosovo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#April", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 10", "text": "10 September – Pope John Paul II visits Estonia and Latvia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311052303#Events", "title": "1993 in Estonia", "revid": 1311052303, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – Pope John Paul II issues the Apostolic Letter Ordinatio sacerdotalis from the Vatican, expounding the Catholic Church's position requiring \"the reservation of priestly ordination to men alone\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#May", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12–16 – Second pastoral and state visit of Pope John Paul II in the country, coinciding with the 10th World Youth Day (WYD) and marking the fourth centenary of the Archdiocese of Manila and the Dioceses of Cebu, Caceres and Nueva Segovia. On Jan 15, the Mass he led in Luneta, marking the end of WYD, draws a crowd of an estimated 4-million, the largest gathering at such papal Mass at that time. —\"Pope John Paul II to visit the Philippines in 1995\" UCA News. July 14, 1993.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370814975#January", "title": "1995 in the Philippines", "revid": 1370814975, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June", "text": "June – Pope John Paul II visits Belgium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307728382#Events", "title": "1995 in Belgium", "revid": 1307728382, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 8", "text": "8 June – Queen Jadwiga of Poland was canonized by Pope John Paul II in Kraków.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354337688#June", "title": "1997 in Poland", "revid": 1354337688, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 - Pope John Paul II begins a 5-day visit to Cuba; Fidel Castro releases 300 political prisoners in a gesture of goodwill.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#January", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#March", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12–26 – Pope John Paul II visits Israel, and thus becomes the second pope to visit Israel. During his stay, the Pope visits Yad Vashem (the Israeli national Holocaust memorial) and the Western Wall placing a letter inside it in which he prayed for forgiveness for the actions against Jews in the past.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367983414#March", "title": "2000 in Israel", "revid": 1367983414, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15: Pope John Paul II names Eduardo Patino and Hipolito Reyes Larios as bishops of the newly created dioceses of Córdoba and Orizaba in the state of Veracruz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367983654#Events", "title": "2000 in Mexico", "revid": 1367983654, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 - Pope John Paul II visits Armenia to participate on the celebrations of 1,700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity as a national religion in Armenia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1240539533#September", "title": "2001 in Armenia", "revid": 1240539533, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 8", "text": "8 June – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visits Vatican City and meets Pope John Paul II for the first time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373350801#Events", "title": "2002 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373350801, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February", "text": "Tariq Aziz of Iraq met with Pope John Paul II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360524753#February", "title": "2003 in Iraq", "revid": 1360524753, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – John Paul II visits Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, becoming the first pope ever to enter a mosque.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#May", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Pope John Paul II holds mass to celebrate his 25th anniversary as pope, becoming the fourth pope to reach the milestone.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#October", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Pope John Paul II dies; over four million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him. Pope Benedict XVI succeeds him on April 19, becoming the 265th pope.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368527363#April", "title": "2005", "revid": 1368527363, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Pope John Paul II, 84, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, pope (since 1978), archbishop of Kraków (1964–1978), septic shock and cardio-circulatory collapse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367100808", "title": "Deaths in April 2005", "revid": 1367100808, "section": "Deaths › April"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 8", "text": "8 November – President Chinchilla met Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace Library in the Vatican, accompanied by a presidential delegation of thirteen people including the Minister of Communications, Carlos Roverssi; the Foreign Minister, Enrique Castillo; foreign policy chief, Javier Díaz; Deputy Ileana Brenes Jiménez of the National Liberation Party; the Costa Rican ambassador to the Vatican, Fernando Sánchez; the President's personal assistant, Alejandra Fonseca; Secretary of the Governing Council, Marta Monge; the chief of protocol, Ludwig Sibaja; and the President's husband. During their 25-minute meeting, Chinchilla gave the Pope a handmade stole made by indigenous women from Costa Rica. He gave her a copy of the Aparecida Document (the master plan for the New Evangelization in Latin America), and a medal of his pontificate. The President told the Pope that she would not be attending the canonization of Pope John Paul II. Chinchilla, who visited Pope Benedict XVI on 28 May 2012, invited Pope Francis to visit her country (John Paul II visited Costa Rica in 1983).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371679847#November", "title": "2013 in Costa Rica", "revid": 1371679847, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – The Catholic Church simultaneously canonizes Popes John XXIII and John Paul II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#April", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › April"}}]}