Dec 27, 2023 | Catholicism, Published articles, Vatican
Christmas is a season of praise and thanksgiving for the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. But it’s also a time of peace and seeking forgiveness. Forty years ago on Wednesday, Pope John Paul II showed the world that radical forgiveness is possible when he visited...
Dec 19, 2023 | Catholicism, culture, faith, Interviews
NEW YORK (December 19, 2023) — Patrick Novecosky was a guest on Newsmax TV’s Greg Kelly Reports on Monday night — and Rob Schmitt Tonight on Tuesday evening — to discuss the Vatican’s new Declaration entitled Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of...
Oct 16, 2023 | Catholicism, Vatican
The Catholic Church did something revolutionary 45 years ago today. The world’s cardinals elected a Polish pope, who went on to change the world. On the evening of October 16, 1978, when Cardinal Karol Wojtyła stepped out onto the loggia of Saint Peter’s Basilica for...
Oct 11, 2023 | Catholicism, Interviews, Vatican
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 11, 2023) — Author and speaker Patrick Novecosky was a guest today on the Places and Profiles podcast. Novecosky and host Adam Camac discussed “The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Pope St. John Paul II.” Novecosky is the author of...
Jul 20, 2023 | Catholicism, faith
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (July 20, 2023) — Patrick Novecosky will lead a book project honoring Pope St. John Paul the Great and St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta for the Archdiocese of Vancouver. The effort to memorialize two of the world’s best-known modern saints and...
Mar 11, 2023 | Catholicism, faith, Published articles
Twenty-five years ago this Sunday, the Vatican published “We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah,” one of John Paul’s many efforts to bring healing to the Catholic Church’s relations with the Jewish people. by Patrick Novecosky Pope John Paul II loved sports. As pope,...