Today (Divine Mercy Sunday) Pope John Paul II is being beatified. This day was chosen because of his strong connection to and promotion of the Divine Mercy message (not the least of which was the canonization of Saint Faustina Kowalska).
"The Message of Divine Mercy has always been near and dear to me . . . which I took with me to the See of Peter and which it in a sense forms the image of this Pontificate." – Pope John Paul II (speaking on his Pontificate)
Additional information:
USCCB: The Beatification of Pope John Paul II
Rome Reports: John Paul II and Divine Mercy, the devotion that guided his pontificate (16 APR 11)
Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the B.V.M.: Pope John Paul II - The Great Mercy Pope
Pope John Paul II Encyclical: Dives in Misericordia (Rich in Mercy)
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