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Pope Saint John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II at Auschwitz: Lessons of Kolbe

APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979   1. "This is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith" (1 Jn 5:4). These words from the...

Spes Aedificandi: Saint Edith Stein, Martyr and Co-Patroness of Europe

On this August 9th, we commemorate Saint Edith Stein, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Just over a quarter of a century ago, on the eve of the new millennium,...

A Message to the Camillians in the Jubilee Year

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER TO THE CAMILLIAN FAMILY ON THE 450TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR FOUNDER'S BIRTH   To Fr Angelo Brusco Superior General of the Order of Clerics Regular Servants of the Sick (Camillians) The joy that accompanies the...

Pope John Paul II Canonizes 119 Martyrs of China

CAPPELLA PAPALE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF 123 NEW SAINTS HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Sunday 1 October 2000 1. "Your word is truth; sanctify us in your love"Ā (Gospel Acclamation,Ā Italian Lectionary; cf.Ā JnĀ 17:Ā 17). This invocation, an echo of Christ's...

Message of John Paul II to the Bishop of Albano for the Centenary of the Death of St. Maria Goretti

To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of Albano 1. A hundred years ago, on 6 July 1902, Maria Goretti died in the hospital at Nettuno, brutally stabbed the day before in the little village...

Pope Saint John Paul II’s Consecration of the World to the Immaculate Heart

WE ENTRUST, O MARY, AND CONSECRATE THE WHOLE WORLD TO YOUR IMMACULATE HEART! On Thursday, 13 May 1982, after the concelebrated Mass in Fatima, Pope John Paul II made the following act of consecration of...

Homily of Pope John Paul II on the Sacred Heart on His Journey to Canada

(This may bring back memories for some readers, of the apostolic visit of the great Pope from a by-gone era. Canada of 1984 was a very different place than it is now...But we may...

Saint John Paul II’s Last Corpus Christi

MASS AND EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST HOMILY OF JOHN PAULĀ II Basilica of St John Lateran Thursday, 10 June 2004 1.Ā "As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you...

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