Tag Archive for ‘Karol Wojtyla’
Pope St John Paul II – the People’s Pope
The future starts today, not tomorrow – John Paul II In January 1945, as World War II was ending, the German army began retreating from Poland, providing new freedoms for the people. One who benefitted from the retreat was a young teenage girl named Edith Zierer, who managed to escape from a Nazi labour camp. […]
Beatification of Blessed John-Paul II
Excerpts from homily Dear brothers and sisters, today our eyes behold, in the full spiritual light of the risen Christ, the beloved and revered figure of John Paul II. Today his name is added to the host of those whom he proclaimed saints and blesseds during the almost twenty-seven years of his pontificate, thereby forcefully […]