Bruce's History Lesson: Pope John Paul II was 1st non-Italian in 5 centuries
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Bruce's History Lesson: Pope John Paul II was 1st non-Italian in 5 centuries.
This week (Oct. 16) in 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected by his fellow cardinals as the youngest pope in 132 years, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years, and — being a native of Poland — the first Slavic pope in history. He took the name John Paul II and then he took it upon. Read Bruce's History Lesson: Pope John Paul II was 1st non-Italian in 5 centuries...
