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“For the first time in history,” said Pope St. John Paul II after he stepped off the airplane, “a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil.” Joanna Bogle, February 16, 2022 – National Catholic Register
4 days ago · Jacqueline Burkepile, April 2, 2024 — 2 minutes read – ChurchPOP. Saint John Paul II died on April 2, 2005. However, the late pope survived two assassination attempts, one of which provided the faithful with a shirt relic the church preserves and venerates today.
5 days ago · On April 14, 2014, the day of John Paul II’s canonization by Pope Francis, the shrine was elevated to the status of a national shrine pursuant to a vote of the Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and renamed the Saint John Paul II National Shrine.
Jul 17, 2024 · More than any other pope since the early centuries of the Church, John Paul had lived with martyrs and counted martyrs among his friends. For his golden jubilee in 1996, there was a massive celebration in Rome, a great celebration of the priesthood.
Jul 19, 2024 · In an April 24 message sent to the Church in Poland, Pope Francis gave thanks for the great “gift” of the new Saint, saying of John Paul II that he is grateful, “as all the members of the...
Jul 13, 2024 · St. John Paul II - Papal Legacy, Canonization, Beatification: Beginning in the early 1990s, the once-robust John Paul was increasingly slowed by Parkinson disease and by a series of operations. Nonetheless, he maintained a rigorous schedule, insisting that his visible suffering was part of his ministry.
Jul 13, 2024 · Saint John Paul II was bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first from a Slavic country. His pontificate of more than 26 years was the third longest in history.
