The future Successor of St. Peter is wearing a big smile and a very visible brown scapular. Later, as Pope John Paul II, he recalled how he wore his scapular from about age 10. When in May 1981 he ...

(photo: Joseph Pronechen photo) Joseph Pronechen Features July 16, 2017 On May 13, 1981, after Pope St. John Paul II was shot, his thoughts were focused on his Brown Scapular, a sacramental ...

The brown scapular is recognized by the Church as ... St. John Bosco and St. John Paul II also wore the scapular, and St. Peter Claver vested the scapular with those he converted.

A scapular worn by Pope St John Paul II will go on display at the basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Valletta on Saturday during mass celebrating the crowning of the painting of Our Lady of ...

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