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Blessed John Paul II Relic Starts Mexico Tour
Faithful Asking Pontiff's Prayers for Peace
MEXICO CITY, AUG. 24, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The only first class relic of Blessed John Paul II is beginning a five-month tour through Mexico, being welcomed with hope that the prayers of the Polish Pontiff can bring peace to the country plagued by drug violence.
The presence of the relic, which will be taken to all the dioceses of Mexico through the month of December, has aroused great expectation throughout the country.
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop primate of Mexico, invited all the archdiocese's faithful to venerate the relic, which was brought from Rome and which will be in the Basilica of Guadalupe until Sunday, and in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City from Sept. 5-8.
Cardinal Rivera Carrera noted the opportunity to solicit the mediation of Blessed John Paul II for the return of a climate of peace, fraternity and concord in Mexico.
I Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,Colossians 1:14
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Colossians 1:14
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Blessed John Paul II Relic Starts Mexico Tour
Faithful Asking Pontiff's Prayers for Peace
MEXICO CITY, AUG. 24, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The only first class relic of Blessed John Paul II is beginning a five-month tour through Mexico, being welcomed with hope that the prayers of the Polish Pontiff can bring peace to the country plagued by drug violence.
The presence of the relic, which will be taken to all the dioceses of Mexico through the month of December, has aroused great expectation throughout the country.
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop primate of Mexico, invited all the archdiocese's faithful to venerate the relic, which was brought from Rome and which will be in the Basilica of Guadalupe until Sunday, and in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City from Sept. 5-8.
Cardinal Rivera Carrera noted the opportunity to solicit the mediation of Blessed John Paul II for the return of a climate of peace, fraternity and concord in Mexico.
I Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,Colossians 1:14
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Colossians 1:14
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: