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St. John Paul II

Essay

“Jesus Christ is the answer to which every human life is the question”

June 25, 2022 Fr. Charles Fox 3

“When the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem” (Luke 9:51). I had a homily on priestly vocations prepared for this Sunday, but Friday’s Dobbs v. Jackson […]

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Traditionis Custodes at 30 Days: A Retrospective and a Prospective

August 15, 2021 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 91

As we approach the month’s mind marker of Traditionis Custodes, and with the benefit of literally hundreds of articles produced, including my own reflection here at CWR within 48 hours of the promulgation of the […]

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Thief returns relics of Polish Catholic saint who inspired Pope John Paul II

June 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

St. Albert Chmielowski. / Public Domain.

Krakow, Poland, Jun 18, 2021 / 05:30 am (CNA).
A thief on Friday returned the relics of a 19th-century Polish saint who inspired St. John Paul II and apologized for taking them.St. Joseph’s Church in the … […]

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George Weigel lauds ‘thoroughly lovable’ John Paul II 101 years after saint’s birth

May 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope John Paul II in 1996. / Vatican Media

CNA Staff, May 18, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
George Weigel lauded John Paul II as “a man of God, a brilliant analyst of the human condition, and a thoroughly lovable human being” on the 101st anniversary o… […]

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‘I was in shock’: Polish cardinal recalls assassination attempt on St. John Paul II 40 years on

May 13, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope John Paul II collapses after being shot on May 13, 1981, in St. Peter’s Square. / Audycje Radiowe/YouTube.

CNA Staff, May 13, 2021 / 03:05 am (CNA).
A cardinal has recalled the moment that St. John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square 40 … […]

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Postulator: St. John Paul II remains a ‘prophetic voice’ seven years after canonization

April 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The canonizations of St. John Paul and St. John XXIII in St. Peter’s Square, April 27, 2014. / Jeffrey Bruno via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0).

CNA Staff, Apr 27, 2021 / 08:05 am (CNA).
The postulator of St. John Paul II’s canonization cause said Tue… […]

The Dispatch

Hans Küng’s troubling legacy of disdain for Poland and St. John Paul II

April 22, 2021 Filip Mazurczak 17

As a non-theologian, I do not feel competent to respond to the controversial theological views of the recently deceased Swiss-German dissident theologian Hans Küng, such as his rejection of the dogma of papal infallibility. But […]

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St. John Paul II bust vandalized outside Polish Catholic church in Paris

April 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The entrance of Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption Church in Paris, France. / Aloveswiki via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).

CNA Staff, Apr 20, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA).
An unidentified perpetrator poured red paint over the sculpture of the pope who was canoniz… […]

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‘O crux, ave spes unica!’: The story of the crucifix St. John Paul II held on his last Good Friday

April 2, 2021 CNA Daily News 1

CNA Staff, Apr 2, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).- Days before Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, Vatican television cameras captured extraordinary footage of the Polish pope. He was sitting alone facing the altar of his private chapel. Beneath the cru… […]

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Cardinal Dziwisz: St. John Paul II’s last days ‘a source of consolation’ for pandemic-hit world

April 2, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Apr 2, 2021 / 03:00 am (CNA).- People around the world continue to draw strength from the way that St. John Paul II faced his final days, his former personal secretary said on the 16th anniversary of the Polish pope’s death.Cardinal Stanisła… […]

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On Saturday before the canonizations of John Paul II and John XXIII pilgrims from around the world filled the streets and churches in prayer vigils to prepare for the following day. In the early evening […]

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