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To Pope John Paul II
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End of an extraordinary era of papacy
The death of Pope John Paul II on April 3 terminates an era of extraordinary papal reign. He was the third longest reigning Pope in history and became one of the most familiar faces in the world.
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Picking the next pope
According to centuries-old tradition, the papal election will be handled entirely by the Sacred College of Cardinals.
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The life of Karol Wojtyla
Karol Jozef Wojtyla, the second son of a retired army officer and tailor, and a schoolteacher, was born in Wadowice, a town of 8,000 Catholics and 2,000 Jews 35 miles south west of Krakow, in 1920.
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