JP II, We Love You – Parting Words

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Pilgrims attend a prayer vigil at the ancient Circus Maximus in Rome April 30, 2011 the eve of the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Today April 27, 2014, Pope Francis will preside over the celebration which will declare both Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII saints. (CNS photo/Alessia Pierdomenico, Reuters)

JP II, We Love You – Pope John Paul II prays

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Pope John Paul II prays in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Paul John Paul died later that year on April 2, 2005. (CNS photo/Reuters)

JP II, We Love You – The Young Bishop from Krakow

Friday, April 25, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Krakow Auxiliary Bishop Karol Jozef Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is pictured with priests in an undated photo. He was ordained a bishop in 1958 at age 38, then Poland’s youngest bishop. He will be canonized April 27 with Blessed John XXIII. (CNS photo)

JP II, We Love You – Pope John Paul II visits family

Friday, April 25, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

The Milewski family greets Pope John Paul II at the door of their modest house in Wigry, Poland, June 8, 1999. The pontiff made an unexpected visit to the home on his day of respite during a 13-day visit to his homeland. (CNS photo by Arturo Mari)

JP II, We Love You – Pope John Paul II scans crowd at WYD Denver, 1993

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

With rosary in hand, Pope John Paul II scans the crowd as his helicopter circles Colorado’s Cherry Creek State Park before the closing Mass for World Youth Day Aug. 15, 1993. “Place your intelligence, your talents, your enthusiasm, your compassion and your fortitude at the service of life,” the pope told the hundreds of thousands […]

JP II, We Love You – People light candles in Warsaw, Poland

Saturday, April 19, 2014

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People light candles in Warsaw, Poland, to pay tribute to Pope John Paul II on the second anniversary of his death April 2, 2007. (CNS photo/Katarina Stoltz, Reuters)

JP II, We Love You – Pope John Paul II looks on during Via Crucis

Friday, April 18, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Pope John Paul II looks at the faithful gathered at the Colosseum during the traditional Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) Good Friday service in Rome, 2003. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

JP II, We Love You – Pope John Paul II prays the rosary

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Pope John Paul II prays the rosary in this L’Osservatore Romano photo dated May 4, 1991. This image, captured by a Vatican photographer, is the second most requested photo from the L’Osservatore Romano archives. (CNS photo/L’Osservatore Romano)

JP II, We Love You – Pope John Paul II places prayer card in crevice of Western Wall

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Pope John Paul II places a prayer in a crevice of the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, March 26, 2000. Speaking to ecumenical leaders on the historic trip that included visits to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, the pontiff prayed that the Holy Land would be a homeland to all faiths and peoples. (CNS […]

JP II, We Love You – Archbishop Karol Wojtyla receives the red biretta

Monday, April 14, 2014

Cheridan Sanders

Archbishop Karol Wojtyla receives the cardinal’s red biretta from Pope Paul VI at the beginning of the consistory in the Sistine Chapel June 26, 1967. The future Pope John Paul II had a warm relationship with Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini), who served as a priest in Warsaw in 1923. (CNS file photo)