On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina Kowalska and declared the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday ... is the Basilica of St. Mary Major, one of the four ...

St. John Paul ... Lady’s aid: “Mary, Mother of Mercy, help us always to have this trust in your Son, our Redeemer.” On April 2, 2005, John Paul II died on the Vigil of Divine Mercy.

Some months ago, looking ahead to the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II ... of Divine Mercy already begun, the Mass of Divine Mercy Sunday was celebrated in the Holy Father ...

“Back in the Jubilee year of 2000, 25 years ago, Pope John Paul II at that time established this feast of the Divine Mercy, which was actually requested by Jesus himself through the diary of St ...

By Deborah Castellano Lubov On the way back to the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV stopped at St. Mary Major, where he paused in prayer ...