 Pope buried beneath St. Peter's BasilicaPope John Paul II's body now rests between the tombs of a pair of queens. The pontiff's remains have been lowered into a plot inside a small chapel beneath St. Peter's Basilica. Pope John Paul II was one of the most influential religious figures of the 20th century.
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World bids farewellPope John Paul II, his face veiled with white silk and his body resting in a simple cypress casket, was mourned by millions yesterday in one of the biggest funerals the world has ever known. (Boston Globe, 4/9/05)Law says a Mass for John Paul IICardinal Bernard F. Law, seated on a gilded white throne and wearing a funereal red chasuble with a broad golden stripe, yesterday said a Mass of mourning for Pope John Paul II despite objections from clergy abuse victims. (Boston Globe, 4/12/05) SPECIAL SECTION: New pope chosen: Benedict XVI
'A hero for the ages'Pope John Paul II died at age 84 as millions of Catholics prayed beneath his window and around the world, ending one of the most extraordinary and influential papacies in the 2,000-year history of Christianity. (Boston Globe, 4/3/05) |
For Poles, native son's papacy was turning point
Sister Magdalena was in church when her nation's prayers were answered. The date was Oct. 16, 1978, and the place was a little town in Communist-ruled Poland called Wadowice. Sister Magdalena and other Nazarene nuns were at Mass when a priest burst out of the sacristy to make what he said was a ''very important announcement." (Boston Globe)
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The pope who turned anti-Semitism aside Jeff Jacoby
As a young boy in the 1930s, my father attended public school in Snina, a town in eastern Czechoslovakia. Twice a week, a Catholic priest would come in to teach the catechism, during which the few children who were Jewish would wait outside. (Boston Globe, 4/7/05)
Abuse victim advocates protest Law role Leaders of an advocacy group for victims of clergy sexual abuse said Saturday they were flying to Rome to protest the Vatican's choice of Cardinal Bernard Law to celebrate an important Mass mourning Pope John Paul II. (AP) |
