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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 205. Chapters: Pope John Paul II, Boles aw Prus, Andrew Targowski, Sydor Rey, Adam Mickiewicz, Jerzy u awski, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Antoni Lange, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Czes aw Mi osz, Zygmunt Wojciechowski, Stanis aw Wyspia ski, Stanis aw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz, Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, W adys aw Szpilman, Ignacy Potocki, W adys aw Syrokomla, Wac aw Kostek-Biernacki, Stanis aw Jerzy Lec, Aleksander Majkowski, Maria Kuryluk, Tadeusz Ho owko, Marek H asko, Edward Stachura, Sergiusz Piasecki, Julian Tuwim, Albert Wijuk Koja owicz, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Jozef Kasparek, Cyprian Norwid, Rom Landau, Karol Kuryluk, Jozef Mackiewicz, Gerard Antoni Cio ek, Gerda Weissmann Klein, Jan Lorentowicz, Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, Andrzej Stasiuk, I. L. Peretz, Pawe Kubisz, Bruno Jasie ski, Andrzej Bart, Leszek Engelking, Zdzis aw Najder, Aleksander wi tochowski, Agata Tuszynska, Jaros aw Iwaszkiewicz, Jerzy Waldorff, S awomir Mro ek, Wac aw Stachiewicz, Jerzy Borejsza, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm, Yehiel De-Nur, Henryk Grynberg, Ferdynand Goetel, Julian Ochorowicz, Michael Alfred Peszke, Wespazjan Kochowski, Lech B dkowski, Maciej Stryjkowski, Joanna Chmielewska, Lucjan Wolanowski, W odzimierz Steyer, Jan Kochanowski, Gustaw Morcinek, W adys aw Machejek, Esther Kreitman, Mieczys aw Ja owiecki, Zygmunt Kaczkowski, W adys aw Tatarkiewicz, Karol Hubert Rostworowski, Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Krzysztof Opali ski, Konrad Proszy ski, Jozef Andrzej Za uski, Jozef Kossakowski (bishop), Edmund Chojecki, Augustinus Rotundus, Karol Szajnocha, Jaros aw Marek Rymkiewicz, Teofil Lenartowicz, Micha Dymitr Krajewski, Stefan Themerson, Miko aj Rej, Miko aj Hussowczyk, Jerzy Pilch, Christoph Mrongovius, Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Mariusz Zaruski, Krzysztof Kamil Baczy ski, Henryk Leon Strasburger, Waclaw Korabiewicz, Albin Siekierski, Jozef Zaj c, Micha Heller, Henryk Jasiczek, Sophie Brzeska, Bonawentura Niemojowski, Isabella Grinevskaya, Teodor Narbutt, Maurycy Mochnacki, Grazyna Miller, W adys aw Orkan, Stefan Jerzy Zweig, Wanda Wasilewska, Jan Twardowski, Waldemar ysiak, Jerzy Szaniawski, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Alfred Szklarski, Klemens Janicki, Wojciech Frykowski, Bartosz Paprocki, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Gustaw Herling-Grudzi ski, Izabela Filipiak, Leon Kruczkowski, Stefan Kisielewski, Adam Wa yk. Excerpt: John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: ), sometimes called Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great, born Karol Jozef Wojty a (Polish: 18 May 1920, Wadowice, Republic of Poland - 2 April 2005, Vatican City), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second-longest serving Pope in history and the first non-Italian since 1523. A very charismatic figure, John Paul II was acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. He is credited by some for the end of communism in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. John Paul II significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. Though criticised by progressives for upholding the Church's teachings against artificial contraception and the ordination of women, and by traditionalists for his support of the Church's Second Vatican Council and its reform, he was also widely praised for his firm, orthodox Catholic stances. He was one of the most-travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. As part of his special emphasis on the universal call to holiness, he beatified 1,340 people and canonised 483 saints, more than the combined tally of his predecessors during the preceding five centuries. He named most of the present College of Cardinals, consecrated or co-consecrated a large number of the...
