In his first annual letter to priests written on Holy Thursday 1979, John Paul II alluding to Jn 19:25ff. invoked Mary as Mother of Priests. During his first visit to Poland in 1979 he challenged ...

In the two decades John Paul II has commanded the world stage ... the shaping influence of his youth in Poland, his remarkable relationship with Jews, his part in the fall of communism in Eastern ...

John Paul II's visit was followed by both of his immediate ... work would be liable to be sent to the gas chambers. Today, Poland's president Andrzej Duda joined Auschwitz survivors - some of ...

Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth place: Marktl am Inn, Germany Birth name: Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger Father: ...

The main honour and credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II and it is wrong to say ... Gorbachev said the historic leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement and later ...

Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland, to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic Church.

Poland purchased two Bell 412 helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces, which were delivered in 1991. Notably, the helicopter numbered 02 was used to transport Pope John Paul II during his ...

The exhibit is a response to the beloved saint’s call for greater understanding of and devotion to the shroud — the burial ...

Thomas More University’s Wm. T. Robinson Institute for Religious Liberty will present “Pope St. John Paul II and Religious ...