Homily of Pope John Paul II on Padre Pio’s Canonization
CANONIZATION OF ST PIO OF PIETRELCINA, CAPUCHIN PRIEST HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Sunday, 16 June 2002 1. “For my yoke is easy and my burden light” (Mt 11,30).... Read more.
Pope Saint John Paul II Reflects on the Salvific Cross
(An excerpt from a homily preached by Pope Saint John Paul II in Lesotho, in 1988): In the Gospel of this feast we are witnesses of a unusual conversation between Jesus... Read more.
Pope John Paul II at Auschwitz: Lessons of Kolbe
APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979 1. “This is... Read more.
Spes Aedificandi: Saint Edith Stein, Martyr and Co-Patroness of Europe
On this August 9th, we commemorate Saint Edith Stein, whose name in religion was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Just over a quarter of a century ago, on the eve... Read more.
A Message to the Camillians in the Jubilee Year
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER TO THE CAMILLIAN FAMILY ON THE 450TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR FOUNDER’S BIRTH To Fr Angelo Brusco Superior General of the Order... Read more.
Pope John Paul II Canonizes 119 Martyrs of China
CAPPELLA PAPALE FOR THE CANONIZATION OF 123 NEW SAINTS HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Sunday 1 October 2000 1. “Your word is truth; sanctify us in your love“ (Gospel... Read more.
Message of John Paul II to the Bishop of Albano for the Centenary of the Death of St. Maria Goretti
To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of Albano 1. A hundred years ago, on 6 July 1902, Maria Goretti died in the hospital at Nettuno, brutally stabbed... Read more.
Pope Saint John Paul II’s Consecration of the World to the Immaculate Heart
WE ENTRUST, O MARY, AND CONSECRATE THE WHOLE WORLD TO YOUR IMMACULATE HEART! On Thursday, 13 May 1982, after the concelebrated Mass in Fatima, Pope John Paul II... Read more.
Homily of Pope John Paul II on the Sacred Heart on His Journey to Canada
(This may bring back memories for some readers, of the apostolic visit of the great Pope from a by-gone era. Canada of 1984 was a very different place than it is... Read more.
Saint John Paul II’s Last Corpus Christi
MASS AND EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II Basilica of St John Lateran Thursday, 10 June 2004 1. “As... Read more.