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title: "St. John Paul II: Feast Day October 22 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-paul-ii/
description: "St. John Paul II, Pope. Remembered on October 22, died 2005. Read their life in Bless."
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Pope · Remembered on October 22

# St. John Paul II

St. John Paul II is remembered on October 22 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [October 22](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/#22) |
| Title | Pope |
| Died | 2005 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Friday, October 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-paul-ii/#calendar) |

## Life

Karol Wojtyła of Wadowice: laborer and clandestine seminarian under Nazi occupation, actor, poet, philosopher, skiing archbishop of Kraków under communism — and in 1978 the first non-Italian pope in four and a half centuries. He began by telling the world not to be afraid.

In twenty-six years he made 104 journeys to 129 countries, survived an assassin’s bullet and forgave him in his cell, helped bring down the Iron Curtain without a shot, wrote fourteen encyclicals, and taught to the end — letting the world watch him grow old and die. Millions in St. Peter’s Square answered by calling for him to be named a saint at once.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. John Paul II. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Friday, October 22, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/10/22/) | Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Romans 7:18-25a · Psalm 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 · See Matthew 11:25 · Luke 12:54-59 |
| [Sunday, October 22, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/10/22/) | Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Exodus 17:8-13 · Psalm 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 · 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 · Hebrews 4:12 · Luke 18:1-8 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[October 21 St. Ursula and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ursula-and-companions/) [October 23 St. John of Capistrano](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-capistrano/)

[All the saints of October](https://blessbible.app/saints/october/) [Born on October 22?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#10-22) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. John Paul II

Remembered on October 22

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-paul-ii/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-paul-ii/#calendar)

In the app

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