Pope John Paul II

man praying in a church.

God Is Waiting

Our need to be both receivers and givers of mercy is the purpose of Christ’s presence among us.

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Easter People

What I love about Pope Francis and this jubilee year that we are in is that it shows, yet again, how vigilant he is about the world’s woes. 
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Saint John Paul II

Born in Wadowice, Poland, Pope Saint John Paul II had lost his mother, father, and older brother before his 21st birthday. Then his promising academic career at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University was cut short by the outbreak of World War II.
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Pope John Paul II greets his audience

Notes from a Friar: Pope John Paul II and Suffering

Throughout the last years of his papacy, Pope John Paul II relied on God to endure his failing health.
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John XXIII and John Paul II: Beloved Saints

God touched the lives of John XXIII and John Paul II.
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Lent with the Saints

Lent with the Saints: John Paul II

Saint John Paul II in his life, his ministry as pope, and especially his dying, lived that mystery.
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woman holding a rosary

The Origins of the Rosary

The Mysteries of Light seem to be not only a most fitting development of the rosary, but also a providential one for our age and one that is likely to stand the test of time. The Poor Man’s Breviary
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