Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Pope Saint John Paul II

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The Resurrection was Real, and is the Foundation of our Faith – Alleluia!

(From a Regina Coeli address of Pope Saint John Paul II, April 21st, 1996): Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. In the liturgical season running from Easter to Pentecost, the Church is recollected in contemplation of the...

Pope John Paul II’s First Holy Thursday Letter to Priests

LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO ALL THE PRIESTS ON THE OCCASION OF HOLY THURSDAY 1979   Dear Brother Priests, For you I am a Bishop, with you I am a Priest AT THE BEGINNING of...

The First Message of His Holiness, Saint John Paul II, for Lent

(In the spirit of beginning our Lenten journey, here is a retrospective of the first Lenten message by Pope (Saint) John Paul II. A blessed and grace-filled Lent to all! Editor) You ask: “What has...

John Paul II’s Slavorum Apostoli

JOHN PAUL II SLAVORUM APOSTOLI I.  INTRODUCTION 1. THE APOSTLES OF THE SLAVS, Saints Cyril and Methodius, are remembered by the Church together with the great work of evangelization which they carried out. Indeed it can be...

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...

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...

Homily of Pope John Paul: Christ’s Spiritual Kingdom

EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION FOR THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING HOMILY OF 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,...

JP II’s Homily Proclaiming Saint Therese A Doctor of the Church

PROCLAMATION OF ST THÉRÈSE 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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