Gingrich’s JPII Documentary
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:38 AM
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista are working on a documentary about Pope John Paul II’s historic pilgrimage to his native Poland in June 1979.
The project is called “Nine Days That Changed the World,” and more information about it is available at the project’s website.
Says the website:
George Weigel, author of Witness to Hope, the Biography of Pope John Paul... READ MORE
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When JPII Met America’s Youth
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 9:32 AM
Thirty years ago, Pope John Paul II met with young people at Madison Square Gardens in New York.
Brian Caulfield recalls the moment here, at the Knights of Columbus’s Fathers for Good website.
Writes Caulfield, “That single moment set us back on the road to faith, to prayer and regular attendance at Mass. This man ‘from a far place’ had touched us through the mass media that he loved, with... READ MORE
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'Avenging' the Holocaust
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:00 PM
U.S. Sen. Alben Barkley views Holocaust victims at Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945. (wikipedia)
In a powerful speech delivered this weekend in Krakow, Poland, at an ecumenical meeting sponsored by Sant’Egidio in commemoration of the Holocaust, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau opened by recalling comments made to him by Pope John Paul II in 1993.
Another speaker at the Krakow event was Rev. Joshua Dubois, executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.... READ MORE
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JPII Film Festival
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, August 07, 2009 10:58 AM
In this video, Rome Reports discusses the upcoming, first-ever Pope John Paul II international film festival, which will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 1 in Miami.
The festival is being organized by the American production company 7eventhDay Media, Inc. with the theme “Faith Through the Storm.” It will consist of feature films, short films and documentaries that have the goal of promoting love, human... READ MORE
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JPII Cause Moves Forward
Posted by Edward Pentin
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:11 AM
(CNS)
The latest on John Paul II’s beatification process:
According to Andrea Tornielli, Vatican correspondent for Il Giornale, a meeting of theologian consultors was held yesterday morning at the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. It was the second such meeting to examine the “positio ” — documents on the testimony of the cause.
The first meeting on May 13, which we reported on here, came... READ MORE
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JPII Announcement in 2009?
Posted by Edward Pentin
Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:34 AM
John Paul II at Denver's World Youth Day in 1993. (CNS)
Joaquin Navarro-Valls has said Pope Benedict XVI could announce the beatification of Pope John Paul II as early as this year.
In an interview today with the Italian newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, John Paul II’s former press spokesman added to recent comments from Vatican officials who have said recent events won’t prevent the cause from going forward.
Navarro-Valls said two key “technical”... READ MORE
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Mehmet Ali Agca Converts?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, May 01, 2009 9:31 AM
Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Agca in a Rome prison in 1983. (CNS)
Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish man who nearly assassinated Pope John Paul II in May 1981, says he has converted to Catholicism.
Agca announced his conversion in a letter written from a Turkish prison, according to a report posted by Cathnews.
Agca gravely wounded John Paul in the May 13, 1981, assassination attempt in St. Peter’s Square. The late Pope credited the intercession of Mary for the... READ MORE
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