He flew around the world as history’s most traveled pope. On Sunday, the world came to him.
In the fastest beatification in modern times, the late Pope John Paul II moved a major step closer to sainthood as Pope Benedict XVI pronounced him “Blessed,” paying tribute to him for showing “the strength of a titan” in defending Christianity.
John Paul was beatified in front of a cheering crowd of over a million faithful, which packed St. Peter’s Square and surrounding streets, the largest crowd in Rome since his funeral six years ago, police said.
The crowd in Rome and in capitals around the world erupted in cheers, tears and applause as an enormous photo of a young, smiling John Paul was unveiled over the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica and a choir launched into hymn long associated with the Polish-born pope.
The Vatican’s official daily described the grand ceremony—and the weekend of prayers that Benedict called “a feast of faith”—an “extraordinary event without precedent in the last 1,000 years of the Church’s history.”
“From now on, Pope John Paul shall be called ‘Blessed,’” Pope Benedict, wearing resplendent white and gold robes, solemnly proclaimed in Latin, establishing that his predecessor’s feast day would be Oct. 22, the day of the inauguration of John Paul’s history-making pontificate in 1978.
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In the fastest beatification in modern times, the late Pope John Paul II moved a major step closer to sainthood as Pope Benedict XVI pronounced him “Blessed,” paying tribute to him for showing “the strength of a titan” in defending Christianity.
John Paul was beatified in front of a cheering crowd of over a million faithful, which packed St. Peter’s Square and surrounding streets, the largest crowd in Rome since his funeral six years ago, police said.
The crowd in Rome and in capitals around the world erupted in cheers, tears and applause as an enormous photo of a young, smiling John Paul was unveiled over the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica and a choir launched into hymn long associated with the Polish-born pope.
The Vatican’s official daily described the grand ceremony—and the weekend of prayers that Benedict called “a feast of faith”—an “extraordinary event without precedent in the last 1,000 years of the Church’s history.”
“From now on, Pope John Paul shall be called ‘Blessed,’” Pope Benedict, wearing resplendent white and gold robes, solemnly proclaimed in Latin, establishing that his predecessor’s feast day would be Oct. 22, the day of the inauguration of John Paul’s history-making pontificate in 1978.
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A little over six years after his death, Pope John Paul II will be beatified at the St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Rome at 10:00 a.m. (4:00 p.m. Philippine time) during a Eucharistic celebration led by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
The solemn rites will be witnessed by millions in Rome and covered live by major networks around the world including Catholic Church TV stations: Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), Cebu Catholic Television Network (CCTN), GMA, and ABS-CBN. The beatification date is held on Divine Mercy Sunday, a celebration introduced by the venerable Pope John Paul II.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma issued a circular letter requesting the faithful to celebrate the occasion through prayers. He will lead a prayer service to be held in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the Archbishop's Residence at D. Jakosalem Street in Cebu City at 8 p.m. today. “We know that indeed he (Pope John Paul II) is a blessing to us in our times,” Palma said in an interview with reporters. Archbishop-Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal will be attending the beatification rites in Rome.
The solemn rites will be witnessed by millions in Rome and covered live by major networks around the world including Catholic Church TV stations: Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), Cebu Catholic Television Network (CCTN), GMA, and ABS-CBN. The beatification date is held on Divine Mercy Sunday, a celebration introduced by the venerable Pope John Paul II.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma issued a circular letter requesting the faithful to celebrate the occasion through prayers. He will lead a prayer service to be held in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the Archbishop's Residence at D. Jakosalem Street in Cebu City at 8 p.m. today. “We know that indeed he (Pope John Paul II) is a blessing to us in our times,” Palma said in an interview with reporters. Archbishop-Emeritus Ricardo Cardinal Vidal will be attending the beatification rites in Rome.
Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.
There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
Pope John Paul II is dear to the hearts of Filipinos, especially Cebuanos, said Msgr. Achilles Dakay, media liaison officer of the Archdiocese of Cebu. “He came here for all of us,” Dakay said in reference to the pope’s visit to Cebu in 1981.
From the Mactan Cebu International Airport, Dakay recounted that the pope proceeded to the Sacred Heart School for Boys along Mango Avenue in Cebu City where he spoke to the local clergy, nuns, religious and seminarians.
Afterwards the pope went to the Archbishop’s Residence where he prayed for sometime before he took lunch. He rested for a while and joined the parade along Jones Avenue, stopping near the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño where the centuries-old image of the Holy Child Jesus is housed. Dakay said the pope was supposed to listen to children who prepared a song for him. However, there were rumors that a “sharp shooter” was going after Pope John Paul II so the parade went on towards the “templete” or the old Lahug Airport.
At 5 p.m., Dakay said the pope led the Mass along with then Cebu Archbishop Julio Cardinal Rosales. The chair where the pope sat during the Eucharistic celebration can be found beside the chapel of St. Joseph at the Archbishop's Residence. Some of the vestments used by the Pope during the Mass is placed at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral Museum.
The pope's homily centered on the sanctity of human life, Dakay said. After the Mass, Dakay said the pope went back to the Archbishop's Residence and addressed a huge number of young people. The pope slept in one of the rooms at the Archbishop's Residence before he left for Davao in the morning of Feb. 20, 1981.
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From the Mactan Cebu International Airport, Dakay recounted that the pope proceeded to the Sacred Heart School for Boys along Mango Avenue in Cebu City where he spoke to the local clergy, nuns, religious and seminarians.
Afterwards the pope went to the Archbishop’s Residence where he prayed for sometime before he took lunch. He rested for a while and joined the parade along Jones Avenue, stopping near the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño where the centuries-old image of the Holy Child Jesus is housed. Dakay said the pope was supposed to listen to children who prepared a song for him. However, there were rumors that a “sharp shooter” was going after Pope John Paul II so the parade went on towards the “templete” or the old Lahug Airport.
At 5 p.m., Dakay said the pope led the Mass along with then Cebu Archbishop Julio Cardinal Rosales. The chair where the pope sat during the Eucharistic celebration can be found beside the chapel of St. Joseph at the Archbishop's Residence. Some of the vestments used by the Pope during the Mass is placed at the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral Museum.
The pope's homily centered on the sanctity of human life, Dakay said. After the Mass, Dakay said the pope went back to the Archbishop's Residence and addressed a huge number of young people. The pope slept in one of the rooms at the Archbishop's Residence before he left for Davao in the morning of Feb. 20, 1981.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20110501-333982/Cebu-world-witness-JP-IIs-beatification-today
Napakahalaga ng natatanging papel na gagampanan ng Karilagan Singers, isang grupo ng mga Pinoy na mang-aawit sa darating na beatification ni Pope John Paul II sa Mayo 1 sa St. Peter’s Square sa Vatican City sa Roma makaraang mapili itong umawit sa pagbubukas ng programa. Dalawang choir lamang ang piniling magiging parte ng nasabing pagdiriwang, ang mga Pilipino at ang Polish choir.
Bago ang mismong araw ng beatification ng namayapang Santo Papa ay pinili ng Vicariato ng Roma na umawit sa pagbubukas ng programa sa Abril 30 sa Circo Massimo ang Karilagan choir na nakabase dito sa Roma. Aawitin ng kilala at batikang choir ang 'Aba Ginoong Maria' at 'One More Gift' na puspusan din namang ang paghahanda sa nasabing okasyon.
http://www.akoaypilipino.eu/italya/karilagan-choir-napili-sa-pagdiriwang-ng-beatification-ni-pope-john-paul-ii
Bago ang mismong araw ng beatification ng namayapang Santo Papa ay pinili ng Vicariato ng Roma na umawit sa pagbubukas ng programa sa Abril 30 sa Circo Massimo ang Karilagan choir na nakabase dito sa Roma. Aawitin ng kilala at batikang choir ang 'Aba Ginoong Maria' at 'One More Gift' na puspusan din namang ang paghahanda sa nasabing okasyon.
http://www.akoaypilipino.eu/italya/karilagan-choir-napili-sa-pagdiriwang-ng-beatification-ni-pope-john-paul-ii
Pope John Paul's coffin was exhumed on Friday ahead of his beatification as tens of thousands of people began arriving in Rome for one of the biggest events since his funeral in 2005. The Vatican said the coffin was removed from the crypts below St Peter's Basilica while top Vatican officials and some of the late pope's closest aides looked on and prayed.
Those present at the ceremony included Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, his personal secretary and right-hand man for decades, and the Polish nuns who ran the papal household for 27 years. The wooden coffin will be placed in front of the main altar of St Peter's Basilica. After Sunday's beatification mass, it will remain in that spot and the basilica will remain open until all visitors who want to view it have done so. It will then be moved to a new crypt under an altar in a side chapel near Michelangelo's statue of the Pieta.
The marble slab that covered his first burial place will be sent to Poland. The pope is being beatified on the day the Church celebrates the movable Feast of Divine Mercy, which this year happens to fall on May 1, the most important feast in the communist world.
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/pope-john-paul-body-exhumed-ahead-beatification-115141207.html
Those present at the ceremony included Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, his personal secretary and right-hand man for decades, and the Polish nuns who ran the papal household for 27 years. The wooden coffin will be placed in front of the main altar of St Peter's Basilica. After Sunday's beatification mass, it will remain in that spot and the basilica will remain open until all visitors who want to view it have done so. It will then be moved to a new crypt under an altar in a side chapel near Michelangelo's statue of the Pieta.
The marble slab that covered his first burial place will be sent to Poland. The pope is being beatified on the day the Church celebrates the movable Feast of Divine Mercy, which this year happens to fall on May 1, the most important feast in the communist world.
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/pope-john-paul-body-exhumed-ahead-beatification-115141207.html
The city of Rome is bursting with activity just a few hours before the beatification of John Paul II, remembering some of the most important moments of his life.
The vigil is being held at the Circus Maximus, where many Christians were actually killed in Roman times, but it's now filled with people who braved the weather to remember the Polish pope.
The vigil is being held at the Circus Maximus, where many Christians were actually killed in Roman times, but it's now filled with people who braved the weather to remember the Polish pope.
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