Today in history: Pope John Paul II is born
May 18, 2016
He was the second longest-serving pope in modern history
Pope Saint John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła on 18 May 1920, served as Pope from 1978 to 2005.
He was the second longest-serving pope in modern history after Pope Pius IX, who served for nearly 32 years from 1846 to 1878