John Paul II

How To Use John Paul II In A Sentence

• The frail nun, who died in 1997 after spending more than six decades caring for the destitute and homeless, was beatified yesterday by Pope John Paul II at a two-hour long ceremony in Rome.
• For years, Pope John Paul II has rejected this kind of absurd divorce between political morality and individual moral growth.
• A change in the papacy following the death of Pope John Paul II is unlikely to repair the strained relations between the Vatican and China in the near future, Catholic academics said Friday.
• P.S. - I set up that foot-tall figure of Pope John Paul II, and it's a tad disconcerting at first to be engaged in deviant sexual practices while he stares blithely on, but then you figure it's cool that he's watching and still just blessing it, and that's pretty cool. July 13th, 2006
• The instruction I received as a child force-fed me the notion that the Pope is infallible, yet perhaps John Paul II's legacy will show us the humanity, the fallibility of the human condition.
• And finally, that the canonization process of Pope John Paul II be halted until there is a full independent investigation of whether the late pope was involved in cover-ups of Catholic clergy. Vatican Celebrations Overshadowed By Scandals
• When he was a student in Maynooth he sang for Pope John Paul II on his visit to The Phoenix Park, as well as reading the gospel.
• Just a day after the enclave gathered to choose the successor to John Paul II, white smoke plumed from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel and the bells pealed across Rome.
• Junipero Serra was beatified for sainthood by Pope John Paul II in 1984, at his grave in the sanctuary of Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel, California.
• The plans to beatify John Paul II have also generated some criticism from victims of sexual abuse by priests. Pope John Paul II Gets Closer to Sainthood