WAS POPE JOHN PAUL II JEWISH?
The early years: an unhappy childhood by John Christensen Archived for research purposes under “fair use” provisions of the copyright law from http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/pope/bio/early/ where it appeared on July 26, 2004. (CNN) — [The late Pope John Paul II] was named Karol Jozef Wojtyla … became the Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ, Successor of St. Peter, Prince of Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Sovereign of Vatican City John Christensen at CNN SPECIAL BIOGRAPHY on the Popes Early Years, http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/pope/bio/early/ Why the Popes Mother, Emily Katz, is Likely of Jewish Descent (CNN) — Friends in Wadowice, a town of 8,000 Catholics and 2,000 Jews 35 miles southwest of Krakow, called Wojtyla “Lolek.” Lolek was born in 1920, the second son of Karol Wojtyla (voy TIH wah) Sr., a retired army officer and tailor, and Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla, a schoolteacher of Lithuanian descent. [And most likely Je
