(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...
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...
(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: âWhat has...
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...
(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...
(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...
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,...
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...