HOLY FATHER TO CANONIZE BLESSED KOWALSKA APRIL 30

VATICAN CITY, APR 27, 2000 (VIS) - Pope John Paul II will preside at a Eucharistic celebration in St. Peter's Square, starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 30, during which he will canonize Blessed Maria Faustyna Kowalska, virgin, of the Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy.

According to a communique released today by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, Blessed Kowalska, a Pole, lived from 1905 to 1938. "The new saint, with the witness of her life, invites us to keep our faith and our hope fixed on God the Father, rich in mercy, Who has saved us with the precious blood of His Son, Who rose from the dead and lives in eternity."

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