Example sentences for: wojtyla

How can you use “wojtyla” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A staunch opponent of the Communist regime, Wojtyla returned to Poland in 1979 as Pope and drew great, thunderous crowds at every stop.

  • When Wojtyla was elected pope, after the 33-day reign of the Italian John Paul I, the international press portrayed him as the darkest of dark horses.

  • Imbued with the popular Catholicism of Poland--marked by effusive devotion to the Virgin Mary (an aspect of John Paul II's spirituality that discomfits Protestants and liberal Catholics)-- Wojtyla began studies for the priesthood in 1942 in an "underground" seminary made necessary by the Nazi occupation.

  • Wojtyla should admit that he is no longer capable of carrying out his task."

  • In 1978, the Polish Cardinal and Archbishop of Kraków Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope; he took the name John Paul II.


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