Tag: St John Paul II

Forty-seven years ago, Pope John Paul II issued his first encyclical, Redemptor Hominis (“The Redeemer of Man”). The first letter in the centuries-old encyclical tradition devoted to the Christian idea of the human person, Redemptor Hominis was also what Cardinal James Hickey once called the “program notes” for John Paul’s entire pontificate.

In the picturesque surroundings of St Benedict XVI Retreat Centre, in Grose Vale, the retreat, running from 18–23 January, saw the return of Dr West after a two year absence. Organised by the Life, Marriage and Family team within the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation, his visit was the first of the SCE’s major planned events for 2026.

Earlier this month, Tomasz introduced St John Paul’s teaching on sexuality to more than 50 young adults who were about to embark on a fortnightly guided study into Love and Responsibility at St Joseph’s Catholic church in Moorebank.

Pope Leo XIV will revive a tradition begun by St John Paul II in 1983 by personally placing a pallium around the shoulders of recently named archbishops.

Robert P George, McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, recently spoke with OSV News' Charlie Camosy about how St John Paul II's encyclical Evangelium Vitae, released 30 years ago, provided a pro-life vision that remains relevant today.

The last thing one would expect to hear is hip hop artist Lil Wayne on a five-day immersion course exploring the writings of St Pope John Paul II on gender, marriage and family-but that's exactly what Bill used to speak on the Theology of the Body.

As January 2025 approaches, excitement is building among Catholic parish leaders and parishioners for the return of the Theology of the Body course featuring the esteemed Bill Donaghy from the Theology of the Body Institute.

Sydney-based Colombian barber Juan-Pablo Rendon, named by his mother after St John Paul II, arrived in Sydney almost seven years ago in debt and knowing little English, but was filled with the Catholic sense of hope.

On 13 June the Dicastery for promoting Christian Unity will launch a new document summarising the responses to St John Paul II’s ‘Ut Unum Sint,’ and make a proposal for the renewed exercise of the papacy.

The recent 10th anniversary Mass of St John Paul II’s canonisation was something of a “grand recapitulation” of the John Paul II years, writes George Weigel.

Recognised around the globe as one of the most passionate preachers of St John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, Dr Christopher West was in Sydney for a five-day immersion into St John Paul II’s landmark book Love and Responsibility, co-hosted by the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation.

Over 500 eager Catholics flocked to All Saints Liverpool to hear Dr Christopher West speak on the spiritual teachings of St John Paul II.