NEW SUNDAY April 27, 2014 SECOND SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION

SAINT MARON MARONITE

Mailing Address: 7800 Brookside Road Independence, Ohio 44131 Upcoming Events Rev. Fr. Peter Karam, Pastor email: [email protected] MCFP Rev. Fr. George Hajj, Associate Pastor email: [email protected] Sunday, April 27 Rev. Deacon George Khoury MYA Mr. Bechara Daher, Subdeacon Sunday, April 27 Mr. Lattouf Lattouf, Subdeacon Mr. Ghazi Faddoul, Subdeacon 50+ Mr. Georges Faddoul, Subdeacon Friday, May 2

Holy Communion Office Phone: 216.520.5081 Emergency Phone: 216.333.0760 Sunday, May 4

ICS Monday, May 5 Divine Liturgy Schedule

Sons of Mary Weekdays: Chapel Monday, May 5 10:00 am Sunday: Downtown May Crowning 9:30 am - English 11:00am - Arabic & English Sunday, May 25 Saturday: Chapel: 5:00 pm Holy Days of Obligation 7pm

MISSION STATEMENT We, the people of Saint Maron Parish, form a BAPTISM - community of disciples dedicated to a shared faith and Call the office at least 2 months in advance. common life which exemplifies the life, works, and MARRIAGE - teaching of Jesus Christ as reflected in the Sacred Call at least 8 months in advance. Scriptures and the Maronite Catholic Tradition. Our SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION - Parish life and mission are to proclaim the Gospel, to By appointment foster and strengthen the faith, and to evangelize. Our SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING/SICK CALLS covenant of discipleship with Jesus Christ is fulfilled Call the Parish Office immediately. 216.520.5081 or 216.333.0760 through liturgy, education, and service.

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saintmaron-clev.org Facebook: SaintMaronChurch Office Hrs: Mon-Fri. 9am-3:30pm

Liturgy Intentions The EATON CORP. has chosen St. Maron’s as one of their Commu- Divine Mercy Sunday nity Service Projects on Thursday, May 1st. About 60 people will be doing clean-up at our Parish Center. We need Saturday, April 26 your help to make this a success. If you can allow us to borrow rakes, 5pm Chapel: GEORGE SALWAN shovels, hedgers, electric trimmers, wheelbarrows, or brooms for the day, it would be greatly appreciated. Mark your name on each item, (Marcelle Nahra, Tom Nahra) & bring to the Parish Center next week. Thank you Eaton!!!! Sunday, April 27 Donations needed: Lawn bags 9:30am: GEORGE & MARY “ROMA” SESSIN: Plants (please call Parish Office before purchasing) (their children) Paint/brushes (please call Parish Office before purchasing) 11:00 am 40 DAY LITURGY FOR DR. JAMES E Twine: Strong enough to tie branches, Bags of Mulch ABOOD, JR.: (his wife Jeanette & children Rose Weed Spray( for concrete weeds growing between the cracks) Kemmerling, Rebecca Stronsick & Dr. Gerard Abood UPCOMING MEETINGS & families) MYA 11:00am JOSEPH ROGER ABBOUD Sunday, April 27: Theology on Tap Father George would like us to (Roger & May Abboud & family) watch “God’s Not Dead” (which is in theaters) and have a discussion 11:00 am GEORGES BOU-MITRI afterwards at the Parish Center. The (Diana Del Balso) time is TBD according to show times at Valley 11:00 am JOSEPH E. COURY: First Communion May 4th, 2014 View. (Mr. & Mrs. Ghazi Faddoul & family) Some of our children attend 50+ Club Friday, May 2nd: Liturgy @ 10am Catholic schools & would like to Chapel Third Sunday of the Resurrection receive their First Communion Visit to Kent State Museum of Fash- Saturday, May 3 with their friends. ion Design followed by Gervasi Vine- 5pm Chapel: Parishioners Intentions There is no problem if the first yard & Italian Bistro Sunday, May 4 communicant,, for a specific rea- son, wishes to celebrate it in the Contact Mary Ann by April 25th 9:30am: Parishioners Intentions Maronite and Roman Catholic rite at 216.521.5481 traditions. 11:00: First Holy Communion ICS Monday, May 5: Meeting & Potluck If your child would like to partici- @ 7pm St. Maron’s Church Organizations pate here at St. Maron’s also, please call Maroun Kattar at SONS OF MARY Parish Council 440.884.2845 to have your child Monday, May 5th @ 7pm President: Samir Farah included. 3rd Wed. of the month at 6:30 pm SECURITY PROVIDED Immaculate Conception Sodality (ICS) President: Bernadette Faddoul 1st Mon. of every month at 7:00pm Sons of Mary (Men’s Club) The Lebanese Information Center Proudly President: Joey Faddoul Presents Amin & the Sultans 1st Mon. of every month at 7:00 pm At the Annual Memorial Day Weekend Maronite Christian Formation Program Banquet. Sunday May 25, 2014 (MCFP) Director Maroun Kattar Reception at 8 PM. Sunday s(except Holy Days) 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Dinner served at 9 PM Maronite Youth Organization (MYO) Co-Presidents: Gabriella Koussa, Sami Shaia, Jr. Days Inn & Suites Richfield 1st and 3rd Saturday : 5pm with Liturgy/Meeting Maronite Young Adults (MYA) 4742 Brecksville Rd - Richfield, OH 44286 President: Marianne Dargham (330) 659-6151 Meeting & Bible Study 1st Sunday of each month at 5pm For Reservations, call: Rita (216) 470-7512 Arabic School Coordinator: Jihad Kawkabani *LIC is a 501(c)(3) Organization - The amount you can claim as an For Registration contact: [email protected] income-tax charitable deduction is subject to IRS guidelines Classes Sat. Oct-April (except Holy Days) 10 am to 12 noon 50+ Club Regular seating $65 per person* 1st Friday of each month. Liturgy: 10:00 am VIP Seating $80 per person* College Student $45 per person** **Not eligible for VIP Seating األحد الجديد – و – أحد الرحمة اإللَية The New Sunday - & - Divine Mercy Sunday رسالة الق ّديس بولس إلى أهل قورنتس From the letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, II- 5:11-21 يا إخ َوتِي، بِ َما أَنَّنَا نَ ْع ِر ُف َم َخافَةَ ال َّر ّب، ن ُحا ِو ُل أَ ْن نُ ْقنِ َع النَّاس. َونَ ْح ُن َم ْع ُروفُون لَ َدى ٱهلل، ولـ ِكنِّي آ َم ُل أَ ْن نَ ُكو َن َم ْع ُروفِي َن أَ ْي ًضا في َض َمائِ ِر ُكم. ولَ ْسنَا نَ ُعو ُد َفنُ َو ِّصي ُكم بِأَ ْنفُ ِسنَا، بَ ْل نُ ْع ِطي ُكم فُ ْر َصةً لِٱل ْفتَ َخا ِر بِنَا تُ َجاهَ الَّذي َن يَ ْفتَ ِخ ُرو َن بِالـ َم ْْظ َ ِر ا بِ َما في القَ ْ . فإِ ْن ُكنَّا َم َجانِي َن فَِْْـّه، وإِ ْن ُكنَّا ُعقَال َء فَ َأل ْجِْ ُكم؛ ْ إِ َّن َم َحبَّةَ الـ َم ِسيحِ تَأ ُس ُرنَا، ألَنَّنَا أَ ْد َر ْكنَا هـ َذا، وه َو أَ َّن َوا ِح ًدا َما َت َع ِن الـ َج ِميع، فَالـ َج ِمي ُع إ ِ ًذ ا َماتُوا. لَقَ ْد َما َت َع ِن الـ َج ِميع، لِ َكي ا يَ ْحيَا ٱ َأل ْحيَا ُء ِم ْن بَ ْع ُد ألَ ْنفُ ِس َِم، بَ ْل لَِّْذي َما َت َع ْنَُم وقَا َم ِمن أَ ْج ْ ِ َِم. إِ ًذا فَ ُم ْن ُذ اآل َن َن ْح ُن ا نَ ْع ِر ُف أَ َح ًدا َم ْع ِرفَةً بَ َش ِريَّة، وإِ ْن ُكنَّا قَ ْد َع َر ْفنَا الـ َم ِسي َح َم ْع ِرفَةً بَ َش ِري َّة، فَاآل َن َما ُع ْدنَا نَ ْع ِرفُهُ َك َذلِ َ . إِ ًذا، إِ ْن َكا َن أَ َح ٌد في الـ َم ِسيحِ فََُ َو َخ ْ ٌق َج ِديد: لَقَ ْد َزا َل القَ ِديم، و َصا َر ُك ُّل َشي ٍء َج ِدي ًدا. و ُك ُّل َشي ٍء هُ َو ِم َن ٱهلل، الَّذي َصالَ َحنَا َم َع نَ ْف ِس ِه بِالـ َم ِسيح، وأَ ْع َطانَا ِخ ْد َمةَ الـ ُم َصا َل َحة؛ ألَ َّن ٱهللَ َصالَ َح ال َعالَ َم َم َع نَ ْف ِس ِه بِالـ َم ِسيح، ولَ ْم يُ َحا ِس ِ ٱلنَّا َس َعْى َ زاَّتِ َِم، وأَ ْو َد َعنَا َكِْ َمةَ الـ ُم َصا َل َحة. إِ ًذا فَنَ ْح ُن ُسفَ َرا ُء ٱلـ َم ِسيح، و َكأَ َّن ٱهللَ نَ ْف َسهُ يَ ْد ُعو ُكم بِ َوا ِس َطتِنَا. فَ َن ْسأَلُ ُكم بِٱ ْس ِم الـ َم ِسيح: تَ َصالَ ُحوا َم َع ٱهلل! إِ َّن الَّذي َما َع َر َف الـ َخ ِطيئَة، َج َع َْهُ ٱهللُ َخ ِطيئَةً ِم ْن أَ ْجِْنَا، لِنَ ِصي َر نَ ْح ُن فِي ِه بِ َّر ٱهلل. والتسبي ُح هللِ دائما ً. Brothers and sisters, Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in out- ward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of rec- onciliation; that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Praise be to God always!

إنجيل الق ّديس يوحنّا From the Holy Gospel according to Saint John 20:26-31 قا َل يوحنّا الرسول: بَ ْع َد ثَ َمانِيَ ِة َأيَّام، َكا َن تَال ِمي ُذ يَ ُسو َع ثَانِيَةً في البَ ْيت، وتُو َما َم َعَُم. َجا َء يَ ُسوع، واألَ ْب َوا ُب ُم ْغَْقَة، فَ َوقَ َف في ال َو َس ِط وقَال: »أَل َّسال ُم لَ ُكم.»! ثُ َّم قَا َل لِتُو َما: »هَا ِت إِ ْصبَ َع َ إِلى هُنَا، وٱ ْنْظُ ْر يَ َد َّي . وهَا ِت يَ َد َك، و َض ْع َا في َج ْنبِي. وا تَ ُك ْن َغ ْي َر ُم ْؤ ِم ٍن بَ ْل ُك ْن ُم ْؤ ِمنًا.»! أَ َجا َب تُو َما وقَا َل لَه ُ: » َربِّي وإِل َِي.»! قَا َل لَهُ يَ ُسوع: » َألنَّ َ َرأَ ْيتَنِي آ َم ْنت؟ طُوبَى لِ َم ْن لَ ْم يَ َروا وآ َمنُوا.»! و َصنَ َع يَ ُسو ُع أَ َما َم تَال ِمي ِذ ِه آيَا ٍت أُ ْخ َرى َكثِي َرةً لَ ْم تُ َد َّو ْن في ه َذا ال ِكتَاب. وإِنَّ َما ُد ِّونَ ْت ه ِذ ِه لِ َكي تُ ْؤ ِمنُوا أَ َّن يَ ُسو َع هُ َو ال َم ِسي ُح ٱ ْب ُن ٱهلل، ولِ َكي تَ ُكو َن لَ ُكم، إِ َذا آ َم ْنتُم، ال َح ي َاةُ بِٱ ْس ِم ِه . حقاًّ واألما ُن ل َجمي ِع ُكم The apostle John writes, A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

This is the truth! Peace be with you. JOHN XXIII (1881-1963) ANGELO GIUSEPPE RONCALLI was born in Sotto il Monte, in the and Province of Bergamo, on 25 November 1881. The fourth of thirteen children, he was baptized that same day. Under the guidance of an outstanding parish priest, Father Francesco Rebuzzini, he received a profound ecclesiastical formation which would sustain him in difficulty and inspire him in the works of the apostolate. He received Confirmation and First Communion in 1889 and entered the Seminary of Bergamo in 1892, where he re- mained for studies in classics and theology until his second year of theology. As a fourteen-year-old boy, he began drawing up the spiritual notes which he would keep in various ways until his death, and would later be collected in the Journal of a Soul. It was there that he began the practice of regular spiritual direction. On 1 March 1896, the spiritual director of the Seminary of Bergamo, Father Luigi lsacchi, enrolled him in the Secular Franciscan Order, whose Rule he professed on 23 May 1897. From 1901 to 1905 he studied at the Pontifical Roman Seminary, where he benefited from a scholarship of the Diocese of Bergamo for qualified semi- narians. In the meantime he completed a year of military service. He was ordained a priest in Rome on 10 August 1904 in the Church of Santa Maria in Monte Santo in Piazza del Popolo. In 1905, he was named secretary to the new of Bergamo, the Most Reverend Giacomo Maria Radini Tedeschi. He served as secretary until 1914, accompanying the Bishop on his pastoral visits and taking part in his numerous pastoral initiatives, including a Synod, the editorship of the monthly journal La Vita Diocesana. pilgrimages and various social works. He also taught history, patrology and apologetics in the Seminary. In 1910, when the stat- utes of Catholic Action were revised, the Bishop entrusted him with the pastoral care of Catholic women (section V). He wrote for Bergamo's daily Catholic newspaper, and he was a diligent, profound and effective preacher. These were the years of his pro- found contact with sainted : Saint Charles Borromeo (whose Atti della Visita Apostolica, completed in Bergamo in 1575 he would later publish), Saint Francis de Sales and Blessed Gregorio Barbarigo. They were also years of great pastoral activity at the side of Bishop Radini Tedeschi. When the latter died in 1914, Father Roncalli continued his priestly ministry as a seminary profes- sor and a spiritual assistant to various ecclesiastical associations. When Italy entered the war in 1915, he was called to military service as a sergeant medic. A year later, he became a military chaplain serving military hospitals behind the lines, and coordinated the spiritual and moral care of soldiers. At the end of the war he opened a "Home for Students" and served as a chaplain for stu- dents. In 1919, he was appointed spiritual director of the Seminary. 1921 marked the beginning of the second phase of his life: his service to the . Called to Rome by Benedict XV to be the President for Italy of the central council of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, he visited many Italian and organized missionary circles. In 1925 Pope Pius XI named him Apostolic Visitor to Bulgaria, elevating him to the episcopal dignity with the titular see of Areopolis. He chose as his episcopal motto Obtedientia et Pax, which served as the programme of his Iife. Ordained bishop in Rome on 19 March 1925, he arrived in Sophia on 25 April. Subsequently named the first Apostolic Delegate to Bulgaria, Roncalli remained there until1934, visiting the Catholic communities and fostering respectful relations with other Christian communities. He was present and offered ready charitable assistance during the earthquake of 1928. He quietly endured misunderstandings and the difficulties of a ministry marked by halting progress. He grew in self-knowledge and confidence, and in abandonment to Christ crucified. On 27 November 1934, he was named Apostolic Delegate in Turkey and Greece. His new assignment covered a vast area. The Catholic Church was present in many ways throughout the young Turkish Republic which was in the process of renewing and organizing itself. His min- istry to Catholics was demanding and he became known for his respectful manner and dialogue with the Orthodox and Muslims. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was in Greece, which was devastated by fighting. He sought to gain information about prisoners of war and he helped to save many Jews by giving them transit visas issued by the Apostolic Delegation. On 6 December 1944, he was appointed Apostolic in Paris by Pope Pius XII.During the final months of the war and the first months of peace, Archbishop Roncalli assisted prisoners of war and worked to restore stability to the life of the Church in France. He visited the French shrines and participated in popular feasts and more significant religious events. He was attentive, prudent and trusting in his approach to the new pastoral initiatives undertaken by bishops and priests in France. He constantly sought to embody evan- gelical simplicity, even in dealing with the most complex diplomatic issues. His pastoral desire to be a priest in every situation sus- tained him. His deep piety found daily expression in prolonged moments of prayer and meditation. On 12 January 1953 he was created Cardinal and on 25 January he was named Patriarch of Venice. He was delighted to devote himself in the last years of his life to a directly pastoral ministry, an aspiration he had always cherished as a priest. He was a wise and resourceful pastor, follow- ing in the footsteps of the holy Bishops whom he had always venerated: Saint Lawrence Giustiniani, the first Patriarch of Venice, and Saint Pius X. As he grew older, his trust in the Lord increased, within the context of an active, enterprising and joyful ministry. Following the death of Pius XII, he was elected Pope on 28 October 1958, taking the name John XXIII. In the five years of his pon- tificate he appeared to the world as an authentic image of the Good Shepherd. Meek and gentle, resourceful and courageous, sim- ple and ever active, he undertook various corporal and spiritual works of mercy, visiting prisoners and the sick, welcoming people of all nations and religions, demonstrating an exquisite sense of fatherhood to everyone. His social magisterium was contained in the Encyc1icals Mater et Magistra (1961) and Pacem in Terris (1963). He convoked the Synod of Rome, instituted the Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, and convened the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. As Bishop of Rome, he visited parishes and churches in the historical centre and in the outskirts. People saw in him a reflection of benignitas evangelica and called him the "good Pope". A profound spirit of prayer sustained him. He embodied, as the driving force behind a movement of renewal of the Church, the peace of one who trusts completely in the Lord. He advanced resolutely along the paths of evangeliza- tion, ecumenism and dialogue, and showed a paternal concern to reach out to those of his children most in need. He died the eve- ning of 3 June 1963, the day after Pentecost, in a profound spirit of abandonment to Jesus, of longing for his embrace, and sur- rounded by the prayers of the entire world, which seemed to gathered at his bedside to breathe with him the love of the Father. John XXIII was declared Blessed by Pope John Paul II on 3 September 2000 in Saint Peter's Square, during the celebration of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. JOHN PAUL II (1920-2005) KAROL JÓZEF WOJTYŁA, elected Pope on 16 October 1978, was born in Wadowice, , on 18 May 1920. He was the third of three children born to Karol Wojtyła and Emilia Kaczorowska, who died in 1929. His elder brother Edmund, a physician, died in 1932, and his father, Karol, a non-commissioned officer in the army, died in 1941. He was nine years old when he received his First Communion and eighteen when he received the Sacrament of Confirmation. After completing high school in Wadowice, he enrolled in the Jagellonian University of Krakow in 1938. When the occupying Nazi forces closed the University in 1939, Karol worked (1940-1944) in a quarry and then in the Solvay chemical factory to earn a living and to avoid deportation to Germany. Feeling called to the priesthood, he began his studies in 1942 in the clandestine major seminary of Krakow, directed by the Archbishop Adam Stefan . During that time,he was one of the organizers of the "Rhapsodic Theatre", which was also clandestine. After the war, Karol continued his studies in the major seminary, newly reopened, and in the school of theology at the Jagellonian Univer- sity, until his priestly ordination in Krakow on 1 November 1946. Father Wojtyła was then sent by Cardinal Sapieha to Rome, where he attained adoctorate in theology (1948). He wrote his dissertation on faith as understood in the works of Saint John of the Cross. While a student in Rome, he spent his vacations exercising pastoral ministry among Polish emigrants in France, Belgium and Holland. In 1948, Father Wojtyła returned to Poland and was appointed a curate in the parish church of Niegowić, near Krakow, and later at Saint Florian in the city. He was a university chaplain until 1951, when he again undertook studies in philosophy and theology. In 1953, Father Wojtyła presented a dissertation at the Jagellonian University of Krakow on the possibility of grounding a Christian ethic on the ethical system developed by Max Scheler. Later he became professor of moral theology and ethics in the ma- jor seminary of Krakow and in the theology faculty of Lublin.On 4 July 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed Father Wojtyła of Krakow, with the titular see of Ombi. Archbishop ordained him in (Krakow) on 28 September 1958. On 13 January 1964, Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Wojtyła as Archbishop of Krakow and subsequently, on 26 June 1967, created him a Cardinal. Bishop Wojtyła took part in the (1962- 1965) and made a significant contribution to the drafting of the Constitution Gaudium et Spes. He also took part in the five assemblies of the Synod of Bishops prior to the start of his Pontificate. On 16 October 1978, Cardinal Wojtyła was elected Pope and on 22 October he began his minis- try as universal Pastor of the Church. Pope John Paul II made 146 pastoral visits in Italy and, as the Bishop of Rome, he visited 317 of the current 322 Roman parishes. His international apostolic journeys numbered 104 and were expressions of the constant pastoral solicitude of the Successor of Peter for all the Churches. His principal documents include 14 , 15 Apostolic Exhorta- tions, 11 Apostolic Constitutions and 45 Apostolic Letters. He also wrote five books: Crossing the Threshold of Hope (October 1994); Gift and Mystery: On the Fiftieth Anniversary of My Priestly Ordination (November 1996); Roman Triptych, meditations in poetry (March 2003); Rise, Let Us Be on Our Way (May 2004) and (February 2005). Pope John Paul II cele- brated 147 beatifications, during which he proclaimed 1,338 blesseds, and 51 canonizations, for a total of 482 saints. He called 9 consistories, in which he created 231 Cardinals (plus one in pectore). He also presided at 6 plenary meetings of the College of Car- dinals. From 1978, Pope John Paul II convoked 15 assemblies of the Synod of Bishops: 6 ordinary general sessions (1980, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994 and 2001), 1 extraordinary general session (1985) and 8 special sessions (1980, 1991,1994,1995,1997,1998 (2) and 1999). On 3 May 1981, an attempt was made on Pope John Paul II's life in Saint Peter's Square. Saved by the maternal hand of the Mother of God, following a lengthy stay in the hospital, he forgave the attempted assassin and, aware of having received a great gift, intensified his pastoral commitments with heroic generosity. Pope John Paul II also demonstrated his pastoral concern by erect- ing numerous dioceses and ecclesiastical circumscriptions, and by promulgating Codes of Canon Law for the Latin and the Oriental Churches, as well as the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He proclaimed the Year of Redemption, the Marian Year and the Year of the Eucharist as well as the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, in order to provide the People of God with particularly intense spiritual experiences. He also attracted young people by beginning the celebration of . No other Pope met as many people as Pope John Paul II. More than 17.6 million pilgrims attended his Wednesday General Audiences (which numbered over 1,160). This does not include any of the other special audiences and religious ceremonies (more than 8 million pilgrims in the Great Jubilee Year of 2000 alone). He met millions of the faithful in the course of his pastoral visits in Italy and throughout the world. He also received numerous government officials in audience, including 38 official visits and 738 audiences and meetings with Heads of State, as well as 246 audiences and meetings with Prime Ministers. Pope John Paul II died in the Apostolic Palace at 9:37 p.m. on Saturday, 2 April 2005, the vigil of Sunday in albis or Divine Mercy Sunday, which he had instituted. On 8 April, his solemn fu- neral was celebrated in Saint Peter's Square and he was buried in the crypt of Saint Peter's Basilica. John Paul II was beatified in Saint Peter's Square on 1 May 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI, his immediate successor and for many years his valued collaborator as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Papal Events on EWTN HOLY MASS AND CANONIZATIONS OF BLESSED JOHN XXIII AND BLESSED JOHN PAUL II, From , His Holiness canonizes his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II. Show Day Show Date Start Time Duration Sunday 04/27/2014 03:30 AM 03:30 Sunday 04/27/2014 07:00 PM 03:30 Monday 04/28/2014 11:00 PM 01:00 Tuesday 04/29/2014 12:00 AM 02:30

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