In the history of the Catholic Church there have been but a few great popes who have made a change in history, Pope John Paul II is one of them. When he was young the Nazis occupied his home country, Poland. But despite this he managed to be ordain and to go college in Rome. He showed remarkable ability in his work for God and was quickly raised to bishop, cardinal, and finally he was …showed first 75 words of 1887 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1887 total…through an assassination attempt in his third year as pope, he helped bring around the fall of the USSR, a feat no man of lesser perseverance could accomplish. Trying to bring each president to sue for peace in the Gulf War, he sent many pleas to Presidents Hussien of Iraq and Bush of the United States. Because of these accomplishments and many others, Pope John Paul II is a well known, respected, and accomplished pope.