Pope John Paul II

Famous People

High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Guided by his spirituality, compassion, and moral strength, the worldwide Catholic membership grew from 700 million to over one billion during Pope John Paul's papacy.

This lesson mentions birth control. Teacher discretion is advised.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
Catholicism
religion
human rights

Vocabulary

retired
strict
athlete
tragedy
seminary
enrolled
ordain
fatal
reform
balloting
era
collapse
assassination
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane