BY Ian Dunn | October 22 | 
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Vatican honours St John Paul II
Church today celebrates late Pope’s feast day for the first time.
At his general audience this morning Pope Francis paid tribute to St John Paul II on his first feast day as a saint.
In a special greeting addressed to Polish pilgrims, finally, the Holy Father recalled John Paul II, celebrated today, for the first time, as a saint, after the Canonisation of April 27.
“Today we celebrate the liturgical memorial of St. John Paul II, who invited everyone to open their doors to Christ,” the Pope said. “In his first visit to your homeland he invoked the Holy Spirit to come down to renew the land of Poland; he reminded the remembered the mystery of Divine mercy. His spiritual heritage is not forgotten, but urges us to reflection and concrete act for the good of the Church, the family and society. Praised be Jesus Christ.”
The Pope also used his general audience to warn Catholics that ‘divisions’, ‘envy’, ‘misunderstandings’ and ‘marginalisation’ within the Christian community ‘are not good, because, rather than build and help the Church grow as.’
Pope Francis instead suggested we should strive to ‘appreciate the gifts and the quality of others in our communities, of our brothers.’
Image – St John Paul II with Pope Emeritus Benedict.
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