Jubilee Year Homily of Pope John Paul II for the Canonization of Sister Faustina
HOMILY OF THE HOLY FATHERÂ
MASS IN ST PETER’S SQUARE FOR THE CANONIZATION
OF SR MARY FAUSTINA KOWALSKA
Sunday, 30 April 2000
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