Pope John Paul II Archives

1957 Rome pilgrimage foreshadowed World Youth Day

Post author:Cardijn Community International
Post published:August 25, 2017
Post category:Pope John Paul II

Friday 25 August marks the 60th anniversary of the Rome Pilgrimage organised by the International Young Christian Workers (Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne) movement. The 1957 Rome Pilgrimage, attended by 32,000 young…

Remembering Romeo Maione

Post author:Cardijn Community International
Post published:May 16, 2015
Post category:Pope John Paul II / Pope John XXIII

Romeo and Betty MaioneRomeo Maione, first elected president of the International YCW, has died after a long illness on 12 May 2015 at the age of 90.As a Montreal industrial…

Karol Wojtyla met Cardijn at Pontifical Belgian College

Post author:Cardijn Community International
Post published:May 1, 2011
Post category:Joseph Cardijn / Pope John Paul II

Young Polish priest Father Karol Wojtyla lived at the Pontifical Belgian College in Rome from 1946 to 1948 while he was doing his doctoral studies at the Angelicum.There he met…