On October 4, 1979, Pope St. John Paul II visited the tomb of today’s saint, St. John Neumann, in St. Peter’s Church, Philadelphia, United States. St. John Neumann was a Bohemian priest turned American citizen. He became the bishop of Philadelphia, caring for Catholic immigrants and establishing the first diocesan school system in the United States. Pope St. John Paul II’s words: My brothers and sisters in Christ: this is the lesson we learn from the life of Saint John Neumann, and the message w

On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square. He survived and stunned the world by forgiving his attacker. Forty-four years later, his act of mercy still asks us a question: who might we need to forgive today? #shalomworldnews #NewsUpdate #PopeJohnPaulII #stpeterssquare #survive #mercy #ATTACKER | Shalom World News