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Pope Saint John Paul and the Presentation
(A blessed feast to all our readers! In 1997 Pope Saint John Paul II declared this ancient feast of the Presentation - also known as Candlemas - as the World Day for Consecrated Life,...
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Christmas Urbi et Orbi
(Here is the Christmas address of Pope Saint John Paul II, from way back in 2002, and the needs for which he prayed eighteen years ago are much the same now as then; in...
Nota in Brevis
Master in the Faith: Saint John of the Cross
(Karol Wotyla did his theological doctorate on the mystical poetry of Saint John of the Cross, so he writes here not only as Pope, but as one who has delved deeply in into the...
Nota in Brevis
Homily of Pope John Paul: Christ’s Spiritual Kingdom
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION FOR THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
HOMILY OFÂ POPE JOHN PAUL II
Sunday, 23 November 1997
1. On this Sunday which closes the liturgical year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,...
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JP II’s Homily Proclaiming Saint Therese A Doctor of the Church
PROCLAMATION OF ST THĂRĂSE OF THE CHILD JESUS
AND THE HOLY FACE
AS A "DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH"
HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
Sunday, 19 October 1997
"Nations shall come to your light" (Is 60: 3). The...
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Homily of Pope John Paul II on the Canonization of the 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" (Gospel Acclamation, Italian Lectionary; cf. Jn 17: 17). This invocation, an echo of Christ's...
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John Paul II’s Homily on the Hundredth Anniversary of Maria Goretti
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...
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The Last Words of Pope Saint John Paul II
On this Holy Saturday, as come to the end of a long and difficult Lent for so many, these final messages of Pope Saint John Paul II, who, on that Holy Saturday of 2005,...
