Cardinal Krajewski: 20 years ago, the world stood still, knelt, and wept

On April 2, 2005, Wojtyla died, but not his fight in defense of life and freedom. Sad that his very Poland is denying it, beating Christian values. ideologies. The intelligent, prudent and peaceful action of this Pope made possible what no one, at that time, even dared...

Poland remembers the hour of the death of beloved pope as unifying moment

WARSAW, Poland (OSV News) — On April 2, 2005, the world mourned the passing of St. John Paul II. At 9:37 p.m., his earthly journey ended, but in his homeland of Poland, a powerful spiritual community began to form. This moment of national unity left a profound emotional mark on Poles, a feeling Polish filmmaker Mariusz Pilis sought to capture in his new documentary titled by the hour of the pope’s death: “21:37.” Pilis shared with OSV News that …

Cardinal Krajewski: 20 years ago, the world stood still, knelt, and wept

Two decades after Pope John Paul II died, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, who served as his papal ceremonialist for the last seven years of the Polish ...

Saint John Paul II died in 2005. The political miracle in Eastern Europe: triggering the resistance to communism that led to the fall of the Wall

This April 2nd marks the 20th anniversary of the death of John Paul II, a pope admired by the Catholic Church and even by non-believers for the respect he showed for human dignity. This is reflected in an ABC article detailing the legacy of the canonized pontiff on April 27, 2014.

The Vatican commemorated on Wednesday the 20th anniversary of the death of the Pope and Saint John Paul II with a Mass in the Basilica of St Peter of the Vatican, although without the presence of Francis, convalescent in his residence. The Eucharist was presided over by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, from the papal altar of the Basilica, despite the absence of Francis, who continues his convalescence in his Vatican resi…