Why John Paul II Deserves to Be Called ‘the Great’

Why John Paul II Deserves to Be Called ‘the Great’

Wojciech Wrzesien This monument to Pope John Paul II overlooks a lake in Czaplinek, Poland COMMENTARY: Looking at Pope St. John Paul II’s legacy in historical context underscores why so many people call him ‘John Paul the Great.’

The Prophetic Witness of St. John Paul II

Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared on CWR on April 1, 2015, and is reposted here, in slightly different form, to mark the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005. [...]

JPII biographer: Why St. John Paul II may one day be named Doctor of the Church

CV NEWS FEED // As the Church marks two decades since the passing of Pope Saint John Paul II, his longtime biographer George Weigel is considering… The post JPII biographer: Why St. John Paul II may one day be named Doctor of the Church appeared first on CatholicVote org.

Pope St. John Paul II: Witness to the world - Catholic Review

Sometimes it seemed as if Pope St. John Paul II could do just about anything — do it well, in fact — if he simply set his mind to doing it. This impression of uncommon giftedness would by itself have been enough to give his pontificate its special aura. You could sum him up something like this: charismatic contemplative, prophetic voice of orthodoxy, sophisticated intellectual with profound devotion to the Virgin Mary, poet and athlete, foe of c…

On the anniversary of the death of Saint John Paul II, religious sisters around the world remember not only the Pope, but the spiritual guide who, throughout his life, accompanied consecrated women with extraordinary tenderness, understanding and love. The Pope from Poland was a pastor who knew women's congregations not from official reports, but from everyday experience — as a priest, bishop, the article of St. John Paul II and the spirituality…