While not always ... pope's consideration: Nolite timere ("Be Not Afraid"). While a handful of local bishops have adopted this reference to John 6:20 over the years and John Paul II was fond ...

St. Pope John Paul II. “Dear young people, I would like to look into the eyes of each one of you and tell you: be not afraid, be not afraid,” he said Aug. 6 on a sunny morning in what ...

chanted the hundreds of thousands gathered to see Karol Wojtyla, now Pope Saint John Paul II, celebrate Mass near ... He often said these three words: Be not afraid. As the Synod of Bishops ...

COMMENTARY: Let us heed the great pope’s oft-repeated words, “Be not afraid!” and with courage ... Guido Greganti, “Pope John Paul II,” 1983, Chiesa dei Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio ...

Now, Leo XIV has become the first U.S.-born pope — in 2,000 years. In his homily at his papal inauguration in 1978, John Paul II clearly emphasized, “Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for ...