Ka cika wannan magana: A lokacin da yake shugabancin cocin Katolika, John Paul II ya yi tafiye-tafiye zuwa ƙasashe 129, ya yi tafiye-tafiye fiye da lokacin da yake yin hakan. Ya ci gaba da jan hankalin mutane da yawa, wasu daga cikin mafi girma da aka tara a tarihin ɗan adam, kamar su
Manila World Youth Day, wanda ya tara mutane miliyan huɗu, taro mafi girma na papal da aka taɓa yi, a cewar Vatican. Ziyarar farko ta John Paul II ta farko ita ce zuwa Jamhuriyar Dominica da Mexico a watan Janairun 1979.