Beatification of John Paul II scheduled for May 1 01 maja ceremonii - którą Benedykt XVI sam świętowania - oczekuje się, że przyciągają setki tysięcy pielgrzymów do Rzymu na precedens Masa: nigdy wcześniej Ojciec Święty beatyfikował swojego bezpośredniego poprzednika.//The May 1 ceremony -- which Benedict himself will celebrate -- is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims to Rome for a precedent-setting Mass: never before has a pope beatified his immediate predecessor.
Biography of John Paul II. January 14, 2011. When he was young, he overcame the death of his entire family, he endured the hard life of a labor worker and he studied in secrecy with the help of his professors. That's how John Paul II was shaped. His story began in the small polish town of Wadowice on May 18, 1920. He was baptized one month later. He said it was here that his vocation as a Christian and for the priesthood was born. After finishing high school, he enrolled at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow to study Polish philology and also enrolled in an acting school. But the war and the Nazi occupation would change his plans. John Paul II On one hand, you can say that my youth was marked by the Divine Providence because many of my friends lost their lives in very different circumstances, in the war or in concentration camps. This is called "Shoa" which in Hebrew means "extermination of people". All of this belongs to the history of our century and I've lived this story during my …More