When Pope John Paul II first arrived in Poland in June 1979, he opened the homily that ended the Soviet Empire with a reference to the 1966 millennium. He explained that he was now doing what St.

The pope avoids any trespassing of theological terminology by preferring affidare to consacrare and also by using the word constellation affidare – consacrare. (cf. Calkins 143-152) John Paul II’s ...

The message of Fatima tangibly intervenes in John Paul II’s life on May 13 ... During his fifth pastoral voyage to Poland the Pope consecrated a new church dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. He said in ...

A new exhibition exploring the contributions of Pope John Paul II and Robert Schuman to European integration has opened in Warsaw.

Pope John Paul II led the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, and he visited Slovakia three times during his papacy. During his 1995 visit, he rested in a gazebo near the Silesian ...

The film is a journey through the 20th century to the sources of Pope John Paul II's character and beliefs, and a journey into the passionate reaction to him. It's a journey that says as much ...