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Tearful Costa Rican woman details miracle credited to Blessed John Paul
Ezra Fieser | Catholic News Service SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- After doctors told Floribeth Mora Diaz that a brain aneurysm left her with days to live, she retreated to her Costa Rican home...
View ArticlePope to canonize Blessed John XXIII, John Paul II April 27
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Recognizing that Blessed John XXIII and John Paul II have widespread reputations for holiness and that years of studying their lives and actions...
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BEFORE THE CROSS | Life is at the heart of Jesus’ message
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson In 1995, Blessed John Paul II published his encyclical Evangelium Vitae (the Gospel of Life). The Holy Father told us -- in no uncertain terms -- that life is at the heart...
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Community of Sant'Egidio establishes Spirit of St. Louis lecture series here
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org Many will remember the moment when Pope John Paul II, during his pastoral visit to St. Louis 15 years ago this month, asked then-Gov. Mel Carnahan to commute...
View ArticleRelic of Blessed John Paul II reported stolen
By Francis X. Rocca | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Thieves reportedly stole a relic of Blessed John Paul II from a country chapel 85 miles east of Rome.Italian media reported Jan. 27 that the...
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THE CATHOLIC DIFFERENCE | The 'John Paul II difference' in 1989
George Weigel Twenty-five years ago, on Jan. 27, 1989, a joint statement from the communist government of Poland, the Solidarity trade union, and the Catholic Church announced a national "Roundtable"...
View ArticleNational shrine 'fitting tribute' to late pope, says USCCB president
Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- The U.S. bishops' March 19 designation of a center in Washington as the St. John Paul II National Shrine reflects U.S. Catholics' love for the late pope, said...
View ArticleJohn XXIII, John Paul II changed the way Church relates to other faiths
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II left lasting marks on the way the Catholic Church understands other religions and the way it interacts with...
View ArticlePrayer, charity surround John XXIII, John Paul II being declared saints
By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- The rite of canonization for Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II April 27 will use the standard formula for the creation of new saints, but the...
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Follow our coverage of canonizations
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @JenniferBrinker As Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II are set to be canonized on Sunday, April 27, your hometown Catholic newspaper will be...
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St. Louis priest recalls serving John Paul II at Mass, now leads a pilgrimage...
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @JenniferBrinker Father Christopher Martin had been studying at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary for just a month when he hit the lottery of sorts. His name...
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Bishop Stika, Cardinal Rigali describe time spent with saints
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 A St. Louis native and a former archbishop of St. Louis will be among the concelebrants at the Mass at the Vatican for the canonization of...
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