Questions about the Pope.

[Sannum]

I know...flame me for idiotic questions, but I am just curious.

You never hear about the Pope's family. Was he close to them and did he ever see them very much after becoming Pope?

Did he always wear white garments after becoming Pope? Did he ever wear just regular clothing?

[Avalux]

1. Here's a short bio -

The future Pope's mother died when he was a young boy, and Karol Wojtyla became close to his father, a retired army lieutenant.
In 1938 Karol Wojtyla and his father moved to Krakow and Karol studied Polish language and lierature at the Jagiellonian University.
When the Nazis occupied Poland in September 1939 they closed down the University, but Wojtyla and others continued their studies in hiding.
The future Pope worked as a labourer in a quarry in 1940, and, in 1941, he worked in a factory, but after his father's death in 1942 Wojtyla started studying theology in secret.
After the Russian liberation of Poland in early 1945, Wojtyla returned to study openly at University and after graduating with distinction, he was ordained a priest on 1 November 1946.

http://www.biogs.com/famous/wojtyla.html

[DrZeeLit]

2. Early on he was very athletic, went skiiing and traveled to his home.

Later, especially after the assassination attempt, he began to have health issues.

When they do the retrospectives of his life, people will learn a lot about him. He is a pretty amazing guy in many ways -- especially his life in Poland, through the Holocaust and beyond.

I believe he was in one of the camps. But I can't remember the entire story. They'll probably talk a lot about this during the next few days.

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3. I agree. I don't always agree but he had a remarkable life.

He was part of the clanderstine stuff against the communists in Poland as well. I think it takes courage to go up against Stalin and the like.