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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.