On Monday, 14th November 2011, John Paul II Foundation Indonesia celebrated the 30th anniversary of the worldwide John Paul II Foundation. The Eucharistic celebration, which was followed by a reception, was held in Jakarta and presided by Mgr Petrus Turang (archbishop of Kupang) with concelebrants: Mgr Petrus Canisius Mandagi MSC (bishop of Amboina), Mgr Josef Suwatan MSC (bishop of Manado), Mgr Julio Mencucini CP (bishop of Sanggau), Mgr Petrus Timang (bishop of Banjarmasin), Mgr Justinus Hardjasusanto MSF (bishop of Tanjung Selor), Father Terry Ponomban and Father Johanes Mangkey MSC. The celebration was attended by over 100 friends of the Foundation and board members.

Fr. Krzysztof Wieliczko OSPPE, administrator of the John Paul II Foundation in Rome and also longstanding pastor at the St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church in Manhattan led the 40 hours celebrations in his former parish. Installation of the relics of Bl. John Paul II at the St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church on Sunday, April 28, 2013 was the culmination point of the celebrations.

On May 1, 2011, for the first time a Pope beatified his predecessor. Just six years after the death of John Paul II, his successor Benedict XVI beatified him during a ceremony that attracted nearly 1.5 million people to the Eternal City.   

The City of Rome went to great lengths to celebrate the beatification of the Polish Pope that spoke 'romanesco,' as the Italian dialect spoken in Rome is called. 

Months ago, Father Malcolm Neyland prayed for a sign. And he received it.

The result of Neyland’s prayer opened Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Catholic Renewal Center on Fourth Street in the form of the exhibit “I Have Come to You Again,” featuring the life and work of Pope John Paul II.

The road began in Europe for the 111 objects from the life of the man born Karol Jozef Wojtyla, winding their way from Milano, Luxembourg and Rome to Houston and Lubbock.