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In 1992 Pope John Paul II designated 11 February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, to be an annual day of prayer and consideration of the sick and of those who care for them. This is now known as the World Day of Prayer for the Sick which becomes, as the venerable John [...] 
In 1997 Venerable Pope John Paul II begun commemoration of the World Day of Consecrated Life which is celebrated on the Feast of Presentation of the Lorld. In the United States this day is observed on the Sunday after February 2. In 2011, it is on Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 6. [...] The celebration of World Day for Consecrated Life invites all the Church to reflect on the role of Consecrated Life within the Christian community. Those who choose to live a consecrated life do so for the sake of the gospel. In 1997, Venerable Pope John Paul II called February 2, the feast of [...] Soon after the decree attributing a miracle to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God, Pope John Paul II which cleared the way for the beatification was announced on Friday, January 14, 2001, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, shared more details about the Decree [...] «The Faithful Have Felt, Have Experienced That He Is ‘God’s Man’» On January 14, 2011 the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints chaired by Cardinal Angelo Amato published the decree for the beatification of the late great Servant of God John Paul II. It was scheduled for Devine Mercy Sunday, May 1, [...] To be missionaries today and respond to people’s need for hope and their desire to live in a new way means “to become champions of the newness of life made up of authentic relationships in communities founded on the Gospel,” says Pope Benedict XVI in his message for 84th World Mission Sunday which [...] On the feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist, His Holiness Benedict XVI addresses a letter of support and encouragement to seminarians around the world. In ceremonies concluding the Year for Priests, the Pope had expressed his desire to speak directly to the tens of thousands of men preparing for priestly ministry. In his [...] Did you know that a mother’s nutrition during pregnancy can affect her child his or her entire life or that malnutrition is the underlying cause of at least 2.5 million preventable child deaths each year? The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrates each year on 16 October (since 1981), [...] |
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