Francis came to Lisbon to participate in his fourth World Youth Day, the raucous Catholic jamboree launched by St. John Paul II in the 1980s to invigorate the next generation of Catholics in their faith.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/08/pope-francis-can-expect-to-find-heat-and-hope-in-portugal-along-with-fallout-from-sex-abuse-scandal/

Recruiting a substitute speaker was a first for this pope and recalled how St. John Paul II frequently had other prelates read his remarks in his final years as he battled the effects of Parkinson’s disease.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/11/28/pope-cancels-trip-to-dubai-for-un-climate-conference-on-doctors-orders-while-recovering-from-flu/

St. John Paul II High School currently rents space from Our Lady of the Valley Parish in Windsor and is in the process of closing on a plot of land located at the corner of Highway 34 and County Road 13 for their future, permanent home.

Source: https://denvercatholic.org/archbishop-aquila-visits-northern-colorados-growing-st-john-paul-ii-high-school/

The incident took place in December, with notes left at the St. John Paul II Newman Center on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus and at the Christ Community Church.

Source: https://www.wnd.com/2023/06/janes-revenge-threatens-kill-pro-lifers/

The international rally, which St. John Paul II launched in 1986 to galvanize young Catholics in their faith, is expected to draw up to 1 million people for the first post-pandemic event of its kind.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/aug/01/pope-to-celebrate-youth-in-portugal/

“Totus Tuus ego sum et omnia mea tua sunt” (“I am totally yours, and all that I have is yours”) begins the episcopal motto of the St. John Paul II.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/03/28/bdn-maine/totus-tuus-registration-now-open-for-teens-and-children-at-10-locations-this-summer/

Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia), and is a recipient of the Ratzinger Award for theology (2020).

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/cardinal-george-pell-australia-s-christian-prince