The Museum of the Saints presents
SaintJohn Paul II
Karol Józef Wojtyła
1920 · 2005
Two Healings
The little theaterTwo healings, two short narrated films. Light a candle to raise the curtain.
Read the narration with sources
How a healing is examined
Every reported healing passes through five hands before it is recognized.
The two cases
A Life
From a small town near Kraków to the chair of Peter. Walk the wall from 1920 to 2005 and select any frame to read its placard.
Drag, scroll, or use the arrow keys to walk the corridor.The pontificate by the numbers
Hover a figure to light it.
His pontificate lasted almost twenty-seven years.
Words he spoke
Select a plaque to turn it over.
The Path to Sainthood
Climb the ten steps. Select a step, or use ← →.Sources and Curator's Notes
Every claim in this exhibit carries a numbered source. Holy See documents come first; where only news reports exist, the exhibit says so.
Curator's notes
Where the sources disagree, or where a detail rests on weaker evidence.
Further reading
Weigel, George. Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. New York: HarperCollins, 1999.
Not consulted for this exhibit; no source note depends on it.