a fun fact about pope john paul the second is that his birth name was karol józef wojtyła but when he was elected pope he chose to be known as john paul because he was such a devout mclennon shipper
further fun fact, john paul ii's immediate predecessor, john paul i, was also named for his lennon and mccartney, starting a period of 27 years in which the pontiff of the roman catholic church would be named for beatles rpf fic.