Karlspreis - Karlspreis Recipients, Bill Clinton, Euro, Henry Kissinger, Winston Churchill, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Pope John Paul II (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 168. Chapters: Karlspreis recipients, Bill Clinton, Euro, Henry Kissinger, Winston Churchill, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Pope John Paul II, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Francois Mitterrand, Helmut Kohl, George Marshall, Konrad Adenauer, Edward Heath, Vaclav Havel, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Angela Merkel, Joseph Luns, Paul-Henri Spaak, Jacques Delors, Tony Blair, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Javier Solana, Donald Tusk, Felipe Gonzalez, Alcide De Gasperi, Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Robert Schuman, Mitterrand and the far right, Jean Monnet, Frere Roger, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Bronis aw Geremek, Jean-Claude Juncker, Antonio Segni, Franz Vranitzky, Walter Hallstein, Simone Veil, Pat Cox, Jens Otto Krag, Gyula Horn, Charlemagne Prize, Roman Herzog, Emilio Colombo, Walter Scheel, Karl Carstens, Joseph Bech, Jean-Claude Trichet, Salvador de Madariaga, Gyorgy Konrad, Leo Tindemans, Hendrik Brugmans. Excerpt: Blessed Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: , Polish: ), born Karol Jozef Wojty a (Polish: 18 May 1920 - 2 April 2005) reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005, at 84 years and 319 days of age. His was the second-longest documented pontificate, which lasted 26 years and 168 days; only Pope Pius IX (1846-1878) who served 31 years, has reigned longer. Pope John Paul II is the only Slavic or Polish pope to date and was the first non-Italian Pope since Dutch Pope Adrian VI (1522-1523). John Paul II has been acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. It is widely held that he was instrumental in ending communism in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. Conversely, he denounced the excesses of capitalism. John Paul II is widely said to have significantly improved the Catholic Church's relations...