ed a life in the clergy. He also was a member in the UNIA, a Christian democratic underground organization. Authorities have testified that he helped Jews find refuge from the Nazis. In 1940 he was hit by a army vehicle and was critically close to death. During his recuperation he was convinced that God saved his life so he could enter the priesthood. In the years of Nazi occupation Karol Wojtyla was not deflected from his calling to the service of God. 3
             Placing his life in God's hands, he went to great lengths to become a priest and worked hard in his studies. In late in late April 1943 an uprising happened in Warsaw between the Polish Home Army against their Nazi oppressors, but it was put down in a few months and everyone who participated was slaughtered. The Germans went around the area of the capital rounding up all young men to avoid another incident. The bishop of Krakow, where Karol was studying religion, hid all the seminarians in his personal resident and passed them off as his servants. When Karol was ordained, he was sent to Rome to study theology, were he remained for many years. While in Rome his chief duty was his studies, he passed his Master's exam in Theology in July 1947 with a perfect score. All he had left to do for his Doctorate was a report. His report examined St. John of the Cross's understand
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