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| The relics and personal belonging was used by Saint John Paul II in the ''Tour of Papal Relics'' Exhibit inside the Gateway Mall Cubao |
THE faithful will get another chance to venerate the relics of Saint Pope John Paul II at Our Lady of Veritas Chapel in Quezon City.
Church-run Radio Veritas said the relics will be on display starting today until April 7.
“Devotees who wish to pray before his first class relic ‘Ex Sanguine’ (from the blood), may visit the Veritas Chapel in Quezon City from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,” Radio Veritas said.
The visit of the relics comes in time for the commemoration of the death of Saint Pope John Paul II, who died April 2, 2005.
Pope John Paul II was born on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland.
In 1978, he became the first non-Italian leader of the worldwide Catholic Church in more than 400 years.
He served as Pope for 27 years from 1978 to 2005, thereby making him the second longest-serving pope in modern history after Pope Pius IX.
Pope John Paul II is also the most widely traveled pope in history, after visiting 129 countries during his pontificate.
He visited the Philippines twice, in February 1981, and in January 1995.
He died at the age of 84 at the Vatican on April 2, 2005.
He was beatified on May 1, 2011 in Saint Peter’s Square by Pope Benedict XVI, who was his immediate successor and was canonized on April 27, 2014, together with Pope John XXIII.
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