VATICAN CITY - Some 1.5 million pilgrims flooded Rome Sunday to watch Pope John Paul II move a step closer to sainthood in one of the largest Vatican Masses in history, an outpouring of adoration for a beloved and historic figure after years marred by church scandal. The turnout for the beatification far exceeded even the most optimistic expectation of 1 million people, the number Rome city officials predicted. For Catholics filling St. Peter's Square and streets and watching around the world, the beatification was a welcome hearkening back to the days when the pope was almost universally beloved.
ROME - Thousands of young people flooded an ancient Roman field Saturday for an all-night prayer vigil honoring Pope John Paul II on the eve of his beatification, remembering his teachings, travels and his own suffering. Pilgrims waving flags from Poland, Spain, Germany and Brazil filled the Circus Maximus, which twinkled with the light of thousands of candles as choirs from John Paul's native Poland, the Philippines and Italy sang. They listened as a French nun who suffered from Parkinson's recounted how she was cured after praying to John Paul, who also battled the same disease.
TSUM Professor passed on May 19th surrounded by loved ones at his home in Montgomery, Alabama. John was born a lover of nature and a protector of animals. Even before beginning school, he prowled many fields, woods and hills in the upper Brandywine River Valley in Chester County, PA. As a Boy Scout he traveled to Philmont, NM and as an adult his love of the outdoors continued. He was an avid cyclist and hiker reaching several of the states' highest points. With his youngest brother he helped to build houses for Habitat for Humanity in Honduras and Poland. He also became a Master Gardener and would perform "Random Acts of Gardening" on any local landscape in need.
LONDON and VATICAN CITY - The good news reached Maria Helena Pambo as she stood in line in St. Peter's Square to pray at the tomb of Pope John Paul II. On a gloriously sunny afternoon, Pambo, 34, heard that the former pontiff is to be officially beatified this spring, barely six years after his death - the quickest anyone has been bestowed the honor in modern times. The Vatican announced Friday that his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, had approved the move.
ROME - Thousands of young people flooded an ancient Roman field Saturday for an all-night prayer vigil honoring Pope John Paul II on the eve of his beatification, remembering his teachings, travels and his own suffering. Pilgrims waving flags from Poland, Spain Germany and Brazil filled the Circus Maximus, which twinkled with the light of thousands of candles as choirs from John Paul's native Poland, the Philippines and Italy sang. They listened as a French nun who suffered from Parkinson's recounted how she was cured after praying to John Paul, who also battled the same disease.
ON May 1, Pope Benedict XVI declared blessed his predecessor, Pope John Paul II. He chose this day because it was Divine Mercy Sunday, which John Paul had established as the second Sunday of Easter. Moreover, May 1 is dedicated to workers, and John Paul, throughout his pontificate of 26 years, had championed the rights of working people throughout the world. This is the first blessed I knew, having had lunch with him five times during visits by the bishops of our country every five years to render an account of our ministry. On Oct. 22, 1998, I was one of 12 bishops from southern New England to have lunch with him on his 20th anniversary as pope. Some of us know the "Sto lot," a toast in Polish wishing someone 100 years, and we sang it to him when a large, chocolate cake was brought in....
VATICAN CITY - Some 1.5 million pilgrims flooded Rome to watch Pope John Paul II move a step closer to sainthood in one of the largest Vatican Masses in history, an outpouring of adoration for a beloved and historic figure after years marred by church scandal. The turnout for the beatification Sunday far exceeded even the most optimistic expectation of 1 million people, the number Rome city officials predicted. For Catholics filling St. Peter's Square and its surrounding streets, and for those watching around the world the beatification was a welcome hearkening back to the days when the pope was almost universally beloved.
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