Blogs: Pope John Paul II

Some also believe the tabernacle and the ark of the covenant to be there, hid by Jeremiah. In 2000, Pope John Paul II visited Mount Nebo solidifying its huge importance. Pope Benedict also made a visit in 2009. ...

(www.tobinstitute.org) This teaching has been called a “theological time-bomb set to go off with dramatic consequences …perhaps in the twenty-first century.” (George Weigel, The Biography of Pope John Paul II) ...

On 19 April 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, succeeding Pope John Paul II, became the 264th successor of St. Peter. 24: Holy Father receives the Letters of Credence of Charles Ghislain, the new ambassador of Belgium to the Holy See. ...

I've written before about Pope John Paul II's “theology of the body”, including a recent review of Christopher West's “Theology of the Body Explained”. The Pope's dense teachings on human sexuality, marriage, and identity begged for ...

19: Fifth anniversary of Benedict XVI's election as Pope. On 19 April 2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, succeeding Pope John Paul II, became the 264th successor of St. Peter. 24: Holy Father receives the Letters of Credence of Charles ...

“Officials have blamed health-and-safety rules for increasing the costs and said there are considerably more regulations than in 1982 when Pope John Paul II visited.” A recent petition against the Pope's visit was removed from the ...

“VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope John Paul II rang in the New Year on Thursday with a renewed call for… the creation of a new world order based on respect for the dignity of man and equality among nations.” Thursday, January 1, 2004. ...

(Pope John Paul II, Fides et ratio, § 54). With this? Thomas should be called not only the Angelic, but also the Common or Universal Doctor of the Church; for the Church has adopted his philosophy for her own, as innumerable documents ...

One could argue that in the last years of his life Nikodim de facto headed the Russian Orthodox Church, and that his death -- in St. Peter's, while on a trip to the Vatican to congratulate new Pope John Paul II -- was symbolic. ...