His Holiness John Paul II
Stamp Issued in 1982 
Stamp Issued in 1987 
Sheet Block Issued in 1987
John Paul II visited our country twice. In 1982 during the Falklands War, and in 1987. Both years the Argentine Post Office issued commemorative stamps to its presence in our country. In 1978, the intermediation of John Paul II prevented a war with Chile. Our whole country holds a very high esteem for him and his work.
Polish Pope born in 1920, named Karol Wojtyla, elected on the death of John Paul I (Albino Luciani 1912-1978). He is the first non-Italian pope since 1523. Conservative in matters of sexual and family morality. Opposed to liberation theology. On 13 May 1981 he was seriously injured when a Turkish terrorist attacked him in Rome. Among his encyclicals are: Laborem Exercens (1981) on the world of work and Redemptoris Mater (1987). He is the Pope who has visited the most countries.
