Karol Wojtyla
Karol Josef Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. He had two parents, Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kackorowska. Karol was baptized June 20, by Father Franciszek Zak. His father was a Lieutenant in the Polish army, and his mother was a school teacher. He also had a brother, Edmund Wojtyla that was fourteen years older than him. Karol�s parents raised their sons in a Roman Catholic religion. Their family was strict when it came to their religion. They thought it was part of being a Pole. (italic.com 1; biography.com 1; Behnke 12, 13, 19)
During Karol�s childhood, he received the nickname Lolek. All his friends called him after this name. Jerzy Kluger was one of Lolek�s friends, ...
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were a lot of injuries. He had two events that almost caused him to die. Karol�s family was devastated about the two deaths in their house. People commented on how well Karol handled these deaths. �It was God�s will,� said Karol. �The pope�s youth wasn�t happy,� Father Joseph Vandrisse, a former French missionary and now a journalist, told TIME magazine. �He has meditates a lot on the meaning of suffering�� He was hit by a street car, and then he was hit by a truck in 1944 while he was a college student. That left him with a stoop to his shoulders, five foot ten inches, and 175 pounds. (biography.com 1; Behnke 15, 16; cnn.com 3, 2)
After the horrible deaths in Karol�s life, his father and he lived in a Spartan. This was a one room apartment that was located behind a church. His father wanted to take good care of Karol. His father sewed him clothes and made him study in cold rooms to toughen him up. He also did that to develop his concentration. It is important to be studying all ...
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