November 22 marks the fourtieth anniversary of Pope Saint John Paul II’s seminal apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio, which expounded on the role of the family in the Church and world. To mark this special anniversary, ...
In his latest column, Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes: “It’s sometimes said that Pope St. John Paul II was the most intellectually gifted occupant of the See of Peter ever, but inasmuch ...
On Wednesday, May 13, 1981, 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square on a warm, sunny day in Rome, eager to glimpse and greet Pope John Paul II. Suddenly, shots rang out. With his white ...
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Mary FioRito writes that with her Senate confirmation hearings finished, Judge Amy Coney Barrett personified what Pope St. John Paul II wrote about in his 1995 Letter ...
Russell Shaw looks at the state of our culture and asks: Is there any realistic way to bring Americans back together in mutual understanding and respect while restoring a sense of shared purpose? To begin ...
St. John Paul II, the longest reigning pope in modern history, was born May 18, 1920, and the national shrine in Washington dedicated to the pontiff will celebrate the centennial of his birth with a ...
St. John Paul II was a man of deep prayer, who loved being close to people and loved God's justice and mercy, Pope Francis said. "Let us pray to him today that he may give ...
Whenever he spoke, whenever he traveled, whenever he wrote, Pope Saint John Paul II made history. Long before he stepped out onto the loggia of Saint Peter's Basilica in the fall of 1978 as Supreme ...
On May 18, the Church marks the 100th birthday of St. John Paul II. Though he passed away 15 years ago this past April, the magisterium of the man who for 26 years was our ...
St. John Paul II taught the world that truly great faith and holiness dwell in "the normality of a person who lives in profound communion with Christ," Pope Francis said in a new book. Precisely ...
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