(Vatican Radio) On Friday 5th of July Pope Francis announced the canonisation of
Blessed John Paul II together with that of Blessed John XXIII. Cardinal Karol
Wojtyla was elected as Successor of Peter on the 16th October 1978 and died on the
2nd of April 2005 .
To mark this occasion Veronica Scarisbrick brings you
a feature focusing on the prayer life of Blessed John Paul II. Often described as
a Carmelite at heart, his prayer life was inseparable from his priestly vocation
as he himself liked to tell people : "I am first and foremost a priest". Thus reminding
them how privileged he was to have this vocation because it allowed him to preside
at the Church's most important prayer of all: the Celebration of the Eucharist . Among
those to witness his intense prayer life first hand was the chief organizer of almost
all of his journeys abroad, Cardinal Roberto Tucci. In this feature the Cardinal shares
with us his memories in an interview with Veronica Scarisbrick recorded a few years
before Pope John Paul II passed away. Listen: