Tag: Pope John Paul II

by Pope John Paul II These remarks were read on behalf of the Holy Father at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2000 “Christ yesterday and today, the beginning

The Fourth of July evokes so many images: Fireworks, fife and drum corps, and … old men in miters dressed in white.

Even Pope Francis rediscovered the Rosary because of St. John Paul II.

More words of encouragement to pray anyways. Our children will tend to imitate us. For better – or worse.

Last week, I shared the words of Cardinal Christoph Schonborn. In a Mass at Benedictine College, he spoke about how Jesus’ hometown turned against him and tried to kill him. “But Jesus

Yesterday was one of my favorite days on the Church calendar. It was the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica—the Church that serves as the pope’s cathedral. Together with the papal feast

Papal visits follow a fairly predictable arc — they are predictably unpredictable. Remember Pope John Paul II’s first World Youth Day in America, in Denver? Church officials were told a cold, hostile America would

In May 2015, Benedictine College’s Theatre Deparment performed a play directed by senior Gregorian Fellow Will Wright. Rather than choosing a light-hearted play that was easy to perfrom, Wright chose a profound

The saints who will be canonized on April 27 changed Catholics’ lives dramatically – Pope John XXIII by opening the Second Vatican Council, and Pope John Paul II by implementing it. In