Topic: Pope John Paul Ii
DENVER (Reuters) - A wind-swept fire tore through a landmark Catholic retreat in the Colorado mountains on Monday, heavily damaging the site where Pope John Paul II spent an afternoon in 1993 while attending World Youth Day in Denver.The blaze erupted in ...
Pope Benedict XVI made use of the same mobile platform used by his long-ailing predecessor John Paul II for the first time on Sunday, with the Vatican saying it was to "ease his tiredness."The 84-year-old pope used the wheeled platform to make ...
About 1,500 people flocked to a musical about John Paul II's life, including his years as a student under Nazi rule in Poland, on Wednesday in Madrid on the eve of Pope Benedict XVI's arrival in the city.The show, called "No Tengais ...
A vial containing the late pope John Paul II's blood will soon be winging its way to Mexico in a bid to help bring down crimes rates in the largely Catholic country, Vatican Radio reported Wednesday.An episcopal conference in Mexico has requested ...
Bishop Hector Aguer has called on John Paul II to intercede with God to ask him to forgive lawmakers who approved gay marriageArgentine Bishop Hector Aguer has called on John Paul II to intercede with God to ask him to forgive lawmakers ...
Late pope John Paul II's coffin was laid to rest on Monday in Saint Peter's basilica near the famous Pieta statue by Michelangelo, a day after the ceremony that put him on the path to sainthood.The coffin was sealed under the altar ...
It was more than just an answer to prayer.A US military mission that cornered and killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan was nothing short of a miracle, said Peru's President Alan Garcia, who attributed the divine intervention to newly beatified pontiff John ...
Pope Benedict XVI bestowed the status of "blessed" on his predecessor John Paul II in front of a million people in a ceremony that puts the late pope one step away from sainthood.A giant banner bearing a smiling portrait of the charismatic ...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Monday described the late pope John Paul II's beatification as "absolutely heavenly" after braving a European travel ban to attend the ceremony in Rome."It was fabulous, absolutely heavenly," Mugabe told journalists in Harare on his return from ...
Some 200,000 pilgrims attended an emotional vigil in memory of the late pope John Paul II late Saturday, on the eve of a ceremony that will bring him a step closer to sainthood.Tens of thousands of the faithful held up candles to ...
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