Pope John Paul II Quotes
Men sometimes do not understand the sexual desires and processes of women.
Karol Jozef Wojtyla. Many critics thought the Pope to be ignorant and repressed about sexuality given his prohibition of birth control. However, as this quotation amply, demonstrates, Paul II understood much more about sex than most and was active in dealing with such things as sensuality and female desire.
John Paul II, 1920-2005, Roman Catholic Pope, The Theology of the Body
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Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was elected pope by the second papal conclave of 1978, which was called after John Paul I, who had been elected in August to succeed Pope Paul VI, died after 33 days. Cardinal Wojtyła was elected on the third day of the conclave and adopted the name of his predecessor in tribute to him. John Paul II is recognised as helping to end Communist rule in his native Poland and the rest of Europe.