John Paul II: The Pope of Human Rights
in the life of John Paul II, in particular around the central theme of freedom. In 36 posters, the exhibition charted John Paul’s efforts “towards creating the new world, free…
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Blessed John Paul II
When a pope who is remembered vividly by millions of people is to be beatified, it is surely a newsworthy and uplifting moment. Pope John Paul II was elected to…
How John XXIII, John Paul II changed the way Church relates to other faiths
I think it’s quite striking: John XXIII starts the process and John Paul II takes it to new heights. Pope John XXIII signs his encyclical “Peace on Earth” (“Pacem in…
Pope Paul VI Changed the Church
Pope Paul VI is depicted in a tapestry on the facade of St Peter’s basilica during his beatification Mass in 2014. He was canonised there on October 14. (Photo: Paul…
Year-end Review 2003
…recorded a 91,9% matric pass rate in 2002, up by 3,7% from the previous year. Saddam Husseins deputy, Tariq Aziz, a Catholic, meets with Pope John Paul in the Vatican….
Pope John Paul II’s very strange day
A hostage drama, a precarious flight and an unexpected stop in Johannesburg turned September 14, 1988 into one of the strangest days of Pope John Paul II’s long pontificate. GUNTHER…
How John Paul II helped bring down Soviet communism
Catholics venerate Blessed John Paul II for his holiness, as demonstrated, among other ways, by his globetrotting evangelism and long-suffering endurance in the papacy despite his illness. Pope John Paul…
Legacy of the smiling pope
anniversary of the death of John XXIII; the 40th of the election and 25th of the death of Paul VI; and the 25th anniversary of John Paul I’s short reign;…
Saint Paul and the Bible
called pseudo-Pauline texts (dated between the 70s and 100AD) that claimed Paul as author. Others are deutero-Pauline (literally second Paul), letters written by close followers of Paul who, in a…
St Paul Today
Paul, including Rome. Like Paul we are partly within and partly outside our world order, beneficiaries of the system while sometimes at odds with it. Paul’s call to obey the…
John Paul II the Great
the Catholic Church really is in world affairs, contrary to the impression created by the secular media here. In the pantheon of great leaders of the 20th century, John Paul…
Flashbacks to World Youth Days Past
great site of pilgrimage: the Marian shrine of Czestochowa in Poland. The idea of WYD as a pilgrimage itself certainly became formally entrenched afterwards. For Pope John Paul II, every…
