1. Pope John Paul II By Ronan and Ben

2. Background In 1978 Pope John Paul II was the first pope for over 400 years not to be from Italy.

3. Famous Pope John Paul II was from Poland.

4. Iron Curtain Poland and many other countries were under communist control from Russia.

5. RELIGON IN IRON CURTAIN It was not acceptable to be a member of a religion in the iron curtain countries.

6. Surprise The world was very surprised by the election of John Paul II.

7. Effect in the world Pope John Paul II was the first pope to travel to meet Catholics all over the world.

8. Travel To Poland When Pope John Paul II travelled to Poland it began to encourage people not to accept communism.

9. Solidarity The workers in a ship yard in Krakow began to strike for democracy in Poland in 1980.

10. Travel To Ireland In 1979 the pope announced he would travel to Ireland in September. This was to be the first papal visit to Ireland.

11. Mass In Dublin Over 1 million people went to the Phoenix park to the pope’s mass.

12. Mass In Galway Hundreds of thousands of young people went to the Mass in Galway. They sang for 20 minutes when the Pope said” Young people of Ireland, I love you”

13. Drogheda Visit In Drogheda the Pope called on all people involved in violence in Northern Ireland to stop.

14. Limerick Visit On Monday Pope John Paul II visited Limerick to say mass.

15. Pope Shot In 1981 a Turkish man shot the pope twice but the pope survived and visited the man in prison to forgive him.

16. Effect on the World Over the next few years all the countries in the Iron Curtain Area got their democracy and many said that the pope helped. Some countries who had been taken over by Russia after World War II were freed

17. Longest Serving Pope Pope John Paul II was one of the longest serving popes until he died 2005.

18. Saint In 2014 he will be made a saint for his good work.

19. R.I.P Pope John Paul II