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Video: Ambassador Gingrich on the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Saint John Paul II

Ambassador Gingrich on the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Saint John Paul II May 18, 2020 “Today, we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth Saint John Paul II. Throughout his 26-year pontificate, Saint John Paul II worked tirelessly to defend freedom and human dignity. He was the most widely travelled Pope in history, ...

By U.S. Embassy Holy See | 18 May, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador | Tags: Ambassador Callista Gingrich, Poland, Pope John Paul II, President Ronald Reagan, St. John Paul II

Op Ed: Nine Days that Sparked the U.S.-Holy See Partnership and Changed the World

Nine Days that Sparked the U.S.-Holy See Partnership and Changed the World (published in the National Catholic Register on June 7, 2019) By Callista L. Gingrich, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Forty years ago this week, Saint John Paul II returned to his native Poland as the newly elected Bishop of Rome. It was the first time ...

By U.S. Embassy Holy See | 7 June, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Embassy, News, U.S. & Holy See | Tags: Ambassador Callista Gingrich, Holy See, Poland, Pope John Paul II, President Ronald Reagan

Presidential Message on 40th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s First Pilgrimage to Poland

Presidential Message in Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s First Pilgrimage to Poland Issued on: June 2, 2019 On this day, we commemorate the 40th anniversary of St. Pope John Paul II’s historic celebration of the Mass on June 2, 1979, in Warsaw, the opening of a nine-day visit to Poland ...

By U.S. Embassy Holy See | 3 June, 2019 | Topics: History, News, President of the United States | Tags: 1979, Iron Curtain, Poland, Pope John Paul II, St. John Paul II, Warsaw

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