Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

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20061h 30m

The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne to usher Catholicism into the 21st century. Born in Poland and forced to carry on following the untimely death of his family, Karol Wojtyla endured both personal hardships and the rape of his homeland by the Third Reich to spread the word of God through the Catholic Church. Later, as Pope John Paul II, Wojtyla was beloved by millions of Catholics worldwide. From the sexual-abuse scandal that shook the American Catholic Church in the later-20th century to the murder of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and the near-fatal assassination attempt made on his own life, Pope John Paul II endured to bridge the gap between various faiths until his death resulting from Parkinson's disease in April of 2005.

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Photo of Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

Pope John Paul II

Photo of Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

Photo of Joaquim de Almeida

Joaquim de Almeida

Archbishop Oscar Romero

Photo of John Albasiny

John Albasiny

Father Stanislaw Dziwisz

Photo of Charles Kay

Charles Kay

Pope Paul VI

Photo of Jasper Harris

Jasper Harris

Young Karol Wojtyla

Photo of Richard Rees

Richard Rees

General Wojciech Jaruzelski

Photo of Michael Klesic

Michael Klesic

Stanislaw Starowleyski

Photo of Inga Šalkauskaitė

Inga Šalkauskaitė

Karol's Mother

Photo of Dainius Kazlauskas

Dainius Kazlauskas

Dr. Francesco Crucitti

Photo of John Paul I.

John Paul I.

Self (archival footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Self (archival footage) (uncredited)

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