Throughout Pope John Paul's career he traveled the world because in the bible Jesus said to spread his word to the entire world. So, he did what Jesus told him to do and traveled preaching God's word to all of those people in the countries he visited.  He was able to take one hundred and four trips abroad to sixty seven different countries.  Some of these countries were even under communist rule that would outlaw religion in every way.  An explicit example of this is through his visit to Cuba.  Pope John Paul II outlawed atheism during a mass that Fidel Castro was attending.  All of the Pope's travels totaled equivalent to twenty nine total trips around the world, or three round trip travels to the moon.  He explicitly targeted teens throughout the world, telling them to live chastly, do not do drugs, and strive to be saints.  All of Pope John Paul II's travels are based on the idea that Jesus Christ told Christians to travel the world spreading God's word,



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