Cardinal Parolin: We ask for peace through the intercession of St. John Paul II
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, celebrated Mass at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday, Oct. 22, the Polish pope's feast day. Hundreds attended, many from Poland, and more than 100 priests concelebrated, including Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
"In this time marked by wars, let us ask for peace in the world through his intercession," Parolin said in his homily.
He recalled a 1962 poem by the young Bishop Karol Wojtyła, "The Floor," written while looking at the floor of St. Peter's, and said John Paul II became, like the Apostle Peter, "the floor upon which the faith of so many people advanced toward Christ."
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