Wydarzenia
Auxiliary bishops of Cracow
Auxiliary bishops of Cracow
Karol Wojtyła’s ties with Kalwaria
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska was Pope John Paul II’s favourite place of prayer. Since early childhood Karol Wojtyła came here with his father from nearby Wadowice.
Basilica of Our Lady of Angels (Kalwaria Zebrzydowska)
The basilica, designed by a Jesuit architect Jan Bernardoni, is a single-nave church with two towers in the facade.
New persons beatified by the Pope – brief descriptions
During the Holy Mass John Paul II will beatify four people. These will be Archbishop Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, Father Jan Beyzym, Sr. Sancja Szymkowiak and Fr. Jerzy Balicki.
Karol Wojtyła’s family
The Pope’s mother, Emilia nee Kaczorowska, died when Karol was only nine. Four years later the Pope’s elder brother, working in the Municipal Hospital in Bielsko since his graduation from medical school, died too; in the hospital he contracted scarlet fever from his patient and died at the age of 27. The Wojtyłas also had a daughter before Karol was born, but the girl died soon after birth.
The ministry of charity in Poland
To provide charity and assistance to the needy has been a characteristic trait of Christianity since its earliest days.
Convents of St.Faustina
The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
John Paul II on St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy
St. Faustina’s message of God’s most significant attribute – His Mercy – was the subject matter of the Pope’s third encyclical several years before the conclusion of the beatification process of the Polish nun.
The Pope and Cracow – people, facts and places
*Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha*
The Cracow of Karol Wojtyła
There are many people in Cracow for whom the remembrance of Karol Wojtyła, first as an ordinary priest, then as bishop and cardinal, is a life goal. There are, too, numerous places that the present Pope has lived at or visited. Let us visit some of them, too….
