VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The feast day of Blessed John Paul II will be marked Oct. 22 each year in Rome and the dioceses of Poland. When the Vatican made the announcement April 11, it also said ...

The saint’s Oct. 22 feast day shows that his influence continues to echo in the lives of the faithful. “I think St. John Paul II deeply affected a whole generation by sharing with us a sense ...

Have things changed for women since the time of Mary Magdalene? In a world where we aren’t trusted, Mary’s encounter with the risen Jesus is an act of solidarity. Her contributions to this nation can ...

Catholics around the world today will honor Blessed John Paul II, the patron of World Youth ... and established Oct. 22 as his feast day. To be named “blessed” is different from being named ...

St. John Paul II served as Pope for over 26 years, from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was canonized earlier this year, on April 27; the Oct. 22 observance of his feast is the anniversary of his ...

FOR THE 1 BILLION+ ROMAN CATHOLICS, OCTOBER 22 IS SAINT JOHN PAUL II’S FEAST. Forty-four years ago ... Pope John Paul II (a.k.a. St John Paul II) Give Holy Communion to Zekeh Gbotokuma During ...

Pilgrims pray as they walk from Silver Spring, Maryland, to the St. John Paul II National Shrine in northeast Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 21, to honor John Paul II's feast day Oct. 22 ...

The two saints' feast days, both of which have the ranking of an optional -- not obligatory -- memorial, are Oct. 11 for St. John XXIII and Oct. 22 for St. John Paul II. The Vatican newspaper ...

People gather for a vigil marking the feast day of Blessed John Paul II outside the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome Oct. 22, the first observance of the Polish pope's feast. The date marks ...

Oct. 22 (which is the anniversary of John Paul II’s installation as pope) is now recorded in the church’s liturgical calendar as being the feast of now Pope Saint John Paul II. It is not to ...

WASHINGTON — The Congregation for Divine Worship has approved the celebration of Blessed John Paul II’s feast day in the dioceses of the United States, after setting the feast day for Oct. 22.

"That was a miracle – that Mass was a miracle," Bazzel said Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, before he led Mass at Pope John Paul II Catholic High School in Huntsville, Ala., in honor of the first feast ...