Among other reasons, they focused on the role of the charismatic Pope John II.
In 1660, John II Casimir of Poland abandoned his claim to Sweden and signed the Treaty of Oliva, ending the Polish-Swedish War of Succession.
At a time when Portugal was a great seafaring nation Columbus worked as common seaman on a merchant ship and as a chart-maker before entering the service of King John II of Portugal.
Millions of Britons who grew up watching Savile on TV's "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It" were shocked by the fall from grace of an entertainer who'd been awarded knighthoods by Queen Elizabeth II and the late Pope John Paul II for his charitable work.
On his visits to Rome he so pleaded for a family policy, browbeating the future Pope John Paul II even as they waited in the rain for a car, that John Paul in 1990 asked him to run that pontifical office for him, not knowing it would soon become a war room.
Based in Rome from 1978-1979, he covered two Papal transitions and the travels of Pope John Paul II.
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Pope Paul VI visited in 1965, and Pope John Paul II visited in 1979 and 1995.
The horse trained by John Terranova II and ridden by Luis Saez was at 37-1 odds.
He said he wanted to follow on from the work of his predecessor John Paul II.
The cathedral draws many pilgrims, with Pope John Paul II once a visitor in 1984.
John Kailunas II, president and chief operating officer of Regal Financial Group, a Kentwood, Mich.
Wild swings are among the reasons John Smith II, a 76-year-old retiree in Smyrna, Ga.
Gibson called Pope John Paul II "the anti-Christ" and "the devil, " the screenwriter alleges.
The butler, Paolo Gabriele, has worked at the Vatican since 1998, first for John Paul II.
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Sixty-seven of these were appointed by Benedict XVI, and 50 by his predecessor John Paul II.
The ailing former pontiff, John Paul II, had been widely expected for months to die.
In 1981, Pope John Paul II called Cardinal Ratzinger to Rome to apply the brakes.
He also quoted his predecessor, John Paul II, stating the need for "reciprocity in all fields".
Last November, the governor accompanied long-serving bank staff to an audience with Pope John Paul II.
Many of them stop at the tomb of John Paul II in the chapel of St Sebastian.
Pope John Paul II reminded Catholics in 2004 that Sunday was for Mass, not for sports.
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In the eyes of the world, if Maciel was evil incarnate, John Paul II was his enabler.
Charles met Pope John Paul II in 1985 when he visited Rome with Diana, Princess of Wales.
Unlike John Paul II, who decided to stay in the job, Benedict is offering a different model.
The showpiece at last year's event was the reconstructed 18 meter-long "popemobile" of Pope John Paul II.
In 1982, Pope John Paul II arrived in Britain on the first papal visit there since 1531.
The trip is the first to the UK by a pontiff since John Paul II in 1982.
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