St. John Paul II is truly called the “Mercy Pope.” He beatified and then canonized St. Faustina Kowalska, who had received the message of Divine Mercy which later spread throughout the world.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 27, 2025 / 05:00 am. On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina Kowalska and declared the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday.

A message by Pope John Paul II for Divine Mercy Sunday, written prior to his death, was read April 2, 2005 — the day of his death — at the end of the first funeral Mass celebrated for the Pontiff.

On Aug. 17, 2002, twenty years ago today, Pope John Paul II entrusted the world to Divine Mercy as he consecrated the International Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki, Poland.

Less than a year later, Cardinal Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II. Then Divine Mercy became the central theme of his 1980 encyclical Dives in Misericordia (Rich in Mercy).

Divine Mercy Pilgrimage: A Visit to St. Faustina’s (and John Paul II’s) Krakow Learn where the ‘Apostle of Mercy’ conversed with Jesus, prayed and lived — and follow in the Mercy Pope ...

In 2014, Pope Francis followed the same pattern and fixed the canonization of John Paul for Divine Mercy Sunday — April 27, 2014. (It fell on the same date as this year.) ...

VINELAND — The Pope John Paul II Retreat Center of Divine Mercy Parish here is reverting to its first use: a convent for nuns teaching at local Catholic schools. The center is at 414 S. 8th St ...

Along the way, Pope St. John Paul II canonized St. Faustina, recipient of the mercy message, as the first saint of the new millennium, on April 30, 2000, and at the same time declared Divine Mercy ...

On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina Kowalska and declared the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. This year, we celebrate the feast on April 16.

Pope John Paul II declared Divine Mercy Sunday a feast 25 years ago Apr 27, 2025. On Aug. 17, 2002, St. John Paul II entrusted the world to divine mercy as he consecrated the International Shrine ...

Seven years later on another Divine Mercy Sunday, April 30, 2000, the first of the new millennium, John Paul II canonized Sister Faustina, “the great apostle of Divine Mercy.” The pope said: ...