(ANS - Krakow) - The Devotion of Divine Mercy received a major boost with the beatification and canonization of Sister Faustina and thanks to the pilgrimages of John Paul II to the Lagiewniki Shrine in 1997 and 2002. This was followed by the extension and construction of the new Church or Basilica, consecrated by the Polish Pope in 2002. "At the consecration John Paul II expressed a desire that the message of Divine Mercy from Lagiewniki would spread worldwide, and that is exactly what happened,” says Monsignor Jan Zając, who has been custodian of the shrine for many years.

Ypacarai, Paraguay - April 2016 - The sporting event called "Intercolegial Deportivo" began on 15 April at the Don Bosco College of Ypacarai. The event is organized by the Centre of Students of the institutions and will run for three weekends.

New York, United States – April 19, 2016 – During the 2016 National Tribute Dinner the Wiesenthal Center Bestowed Medals of Valor on Father Norbert J. Hoffman SDB, Secretary of the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, for tirelessly working to ensure that the bond between Catholics and Jews, forged by the historic Nostra Aetate declaration of 1965, remains unbreakable. The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States.