Pope St. John Paul II, Doctor of the Church? - The Tablet

Pope St. John Paul II, Doctor of the Church? - The Tablet

The Catholic Church is prudently patient in awarding the title “Doctor of the Church” to her greatest teachers. However luminous someone’s explication of the truths of the Catholic faith may seem in his or her time, the efficacy of that teaching can only be tested over generations, sometimes centuries. This is particularly true of the saints who stretched the Church’s understanding, discomfiting some in the process. Thus, it took 294 years for T…

The Holy Father John Paul II was a prophet in relation to Kazakhstan and not only. He gave us a national sanctuary, which has a continuation, is developing now - Archbishop Tomasz Peta, Metropolitan of Astana, told Vatican News. He emphasized that it was the Polish Pope who was the first to call Oziornoje the national sanctuary of this country in Asia. John Paul II came to Kazakhstan The article Archbishop Tomasz Peta from Kazakhstan: St. John P…