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‘he Gave Us Strength To Believe In Christ’
Page 5 from 6th May 2011Here we publish the full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s homily at the beatification of Pope John Paul II on the feast of Divine Mercy D ear Brothers......
The Real Benedict
Page 8 from 10th September 2010By Mark Dowd J une 1945. An exhausted 17year-old boy has been released from a prisoner of war camp and completes an 80-mile journey back home,......
John Paul The Great: The Providential Pope
Page 6 from 17th October 2003William Oddie, editor of The Catholic Herald, argues that historians will come to regard John Paul II as one of the most courageous, original and......
The Achievement Of John Paul Ii
Page 6 from 16th March 2001When on October 16, 1978, he was met by some interesting news. "They've just elected a Polish pope," said a colleague. "Ah," Weigel thought, "so......
The Man With The Biggest In-tray In The World
Page 3 from 27th October 1978The Pope must now get down to business after the celebrations. Our editor, Richard Dowden, reports from Rome on the difficulties he will face. •......
Pope John Paul Ii: Bringing The Church Centrestage
Page 5 from 15th October 1993On 16 October the Catholic Church will celebrate the 15th anniversary of John Paul II's election as Pope. Since 1978 Karol Joseph Wojtyla, the......
Press, Radio And Tv Learn To Keep An Eye On Rome
Page 1 from 30th October 1959NATION-WIDE MASSES FOR THE POPE First anniversary of his coronation 'THE BRIDGE BETWEEN ALL NATIONS' NEXT Wednesday, the feast of St. Charles......
John Paul Was Poland’s Gift To The World
Page 14 from 8th April 2005Mary Kenny I n the 1970s my husband, Richard West, did a lot of travelling in the Slav countries. He had been to Poland several times since the......
Pope Benedict’s Brief, But Significant First Encounter...
Page 3 from 29th April 2005Meeting with journalists BY PETER JENNINGS T HE C ATHOLIC Church and in particular the Vatican has captured the attention of the world’s media......
Pope Should Not Cling To Life, Says Catholic Writer
Page 5 from 4th March 2005John Paul II World reaction T HE papal health crisis has prompted further debate about the future of the papacy, with leading Catholic......