Pope John Paul Ⅱ's Active Involvement In World Political Affairs And Its Reasons

Roman Catholic Church and the secular world have been interacting in competition and cooperation since a long time ago. In nowadays world, Pope works as the soul of Roman Catholic Church, whose influence is not only confined to the realm of religion, charity, morality and ethics, but also expands to the territory of international politics. Pope John Paul II was such a fairly representative person. Guided by strong Christian faith and moral philosophy, he devoted himself into the world political issues, such as human rights, democracy and peace, with his own personal charm and the church resources. Especially, it was he that played the irreplaceable role in the third wave of democratization. All what he did was mainly determined by three reasons. First, it was the core interests of the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope's duty, which made him play an active role on the world politics stage. Second, it was the Pope's growing up experience and his personal political ideology, which motivated him to get involved in international political affairs willingly. Third, it was the internal and external resources of the church, which ensured he could exert more influence than his predecessors. The first one was the structural cause why Pope John Paulâ…¡played an active role on the world political stage, the second one was the personal reason why Pope John Paulâ…¡was more willing to exert greater influence on world political issues, and the third one was the resources cause why he could exert greater influence on world political issues. It was these three reasons that decided Pope John Paulâ…¡'s aspiration and capability, with which he must play, willingly played, and could play an active role on the stage of world politics.