On Sunday, 15^th April, the fourth meeting of the "Power and Beauty of Faith" series was held in the hall of the Polish St. Stanislaw Church in Rome. The series constitute a preparation for the Year of Faith and describe the teaching of John Paul II’s about the Creed. Rev. prof. Łukasz Kamykowski of UPJPII in Krakow delivered the speech on "The Church of God in the Wednesdays catechesis of John Paul II."

In the first part of the lecture, the speaker pointed out that John Paul II raised the issue of the Church in the catechesis on Jesus Christ who is Founder of the Church. This same issue was raised in the catechesis on the Holy Spirit who is “the soul of the Church”, the source of its holiness and dynamism.

Easter is the time during which we again experience the Paschal Mystery. From the time of our christening, the Resurrected Lord is with us and gives us participation in His life: He fills us with joy and gives us power.
Let the deep experience of these holy days fill you, my Dear Friends of the John Paul II Foundation, with love and peace that comes from the Resurrected Lord.

The Polish Chaplaincy in the Diocese of Rome is pleased to announce that on May 1^st of the current year, at the anniversary of the John Paul II beatification, at St. Peter Basilica, a solemn Mass in Polish will be celebrated at 10 a.m.  The Holy Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski.

All interested - groups and individual pilgrims - are asked to report their participation in the Information Office for Polish Pilgrims at St. Stanislaus B. & M. Church in Rome (via delle Botteghe Oscure 15, 00186 Roma; phone/fax 0039 06 97746340; cell phone: 0039 3807967559; email: pielgrzym-roma@libero.it )

John Paul II, a legislator of the Church: fundamentals, innovations and perspectives

Lugano on 22-23 March 2012 

The Symposium, jointly organized by the Foundation of John Paul II (The Centre for Research and Documentation of the Pontificate) and the Institute of Canon Law and Comparative Studies of Religion (Theological Faculty of Lugano), will be held in Aula Magna of the University of Italian Switzerland in Lugano, on 22-23 March 2012.

The symposium is to present the contribution of John Paul II in ecclesiastical law. During his pontificate two Codes of Canon Law for the Latin Church and the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches were promulgated. Did the Pope give the foundation for a new hermeneutics of ecclesiastical law? Did he open new perspectives for its application? These and similar questions will be answered by the invited guests, experts in the field of legal science.