Saint John Paul II’s Pentecost
Homily of His Holiness John Paul II Sunday, 31 May 1998, The Solemnity of Pentecost Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem:I believe in the Holy Spirit,... Read more.
Pope John Paul II and the Visitation
(Here is Pope Saint John Paul II’s first homily for the feast of the Visitation, to close off his first Marian month as Pope, in 1979. It was a different era,... Read more.
John Paul II Reflects on Paul VI
HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVANT OF GOD PAUL VI Thursday, 6 August 1998 The memory of my venerable Predecessor, the Servant of God Paul VI... Read more.
Pope John Paul II and Saint Philip Neri
(At the very beginning of his pontificate, Pope Saint John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, commonly called the ‘Chiesa... Read more.
The Resurrection was Real, and is the Foundation of our Faith – Alleluia!
(From a Regina Coeli address of Pope Saint John Paul II, April 21st, 1996): Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. In the liturgical season running from Easter to Pentecost,... Read more.
Pope John Paul II’s First Holy Thursday Letter to Priests
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO ALL THE PRIESTS ON THE OCCASION OF HOLY THURSDAY 1979 Dear Brother Priests, For you I am a Bishop, with you I am a... Read more.
The First Message of His Holiness, Saint John Paul II, for Lent
(In the spirit of beginning our Lenten journey, here is a retrospective of the first Lenten message by Pope (Saint) John Paul II. A blessed and grace-filled Lent... Read more.
John Paul II’s Slavorum Apostoli
JOHN PAUL II SLAVORUM APOSTOLI I. INTRODUCTION 1. THE APOSTLES OF THE SLAVS, Saints Cyril and Methodius, are remembered by the Church together with the great work... Read more.
Christmas Urbi et Orbi
(Here is the Christmas address of Pope Saint John Paul II, from way back in 2002, and the needs for which he prayed eighteen years ago are much the same now as then;... Read more.
Master in the Faith: Saint John of the Cross
(Karol Wotyla did his theological doctorate on the mystical poetry of Saint John of the Cross, so he writes here not only as Pope, but as one who has delved deeply... Read more.