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 27. In his ...

St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his papacy and personal mission. Pope John Paul II laughs during a gat ...

John Paul II and Francis died during the ... It is thus fitting that Pope Francis be buried on the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday, a gift from God to which he, like John Paul, was devoted.

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 ...

“Back in the Jubilee year of 2000, 25 years ago, Pope John Paul II at that time established this feast of the Divine Mercy, which was actually requested by Jesus himself through the diary of St ...

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.

And how have the Holy Fathers encouraged devotion? Pope John Paul II’s passing away on the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday in 2005 reawakened the interest in St. Faustina’s message of Divine ...