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THE PAPAL VISIT TO UKRAINE     June 23-27, 2001

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Latest Headlines: • RUSSIA: GOVERNMENT AND CHURCH AT ODDS OVER PAPAL VISIT // 13.02.2002 (16:17) • Ukrainian Ministry Presents New Books On Papal Visit // 29.09.2001 (13:15) • Kazakhs Will Hear Pope in Russian; Also a Stop in Armenia // 29.08.2001 (18:56) • Pope Greets Ukrainians On 10th Anniversary of Independence // 23.08.2001 (16:32) • Over 50% of Ukrainians View Papal Visit Positively // 07.08.2001 (01:51) • Pope Will Also Find Ukrainians in Kazakhstan // 01.08.2001 (02:56) • Pope Gets Boost From Putin // 30.07.2001 (11:23) • Belarusian Cardinal Hopes for Papal Visit "Sooner or Later Alexy II’s Veto Will Be Discarded" // 30.07.2001 (10:24) • Pope Gives Patriarch Alexis Book of His Speeches from Ukraine // 26.07.2001 (23:45) • U.S. Ukrainian Catholics find hope in pope's trip to homeland // 26.07.2001 (00:33) • Ukrainian Envoy to Vatican Hails Papal Visit // 16.07.2001 (17:14) • "Reflecting on John Paul"-- Kyiv Post // 07.07.2001 (12:52) • Seven Impressions: A Commentary from Kyiv // 06.07.2001 (12:34) • Russians Impressed With Pope During His Ukraine Trip // 05.07.2001 (11:51) • John Paul II Recalls Key Moments in Ukraine // 05.07.2001 (11:47) • Pope Thanks Mary for Trip to Ukraine // 04.07.2001 (19:38) • Orthodox Archpriest Joins Papal Ceremony // 04.07.2001 (19:34) • Orthodox Theologian Views Papal Trip // 04.07.2001 (19:29) • Ukraine a Step Toward Re-evangelizing Europe, Pope Says // 04.07.2001 (09:58) • Pope Beatifies 28 Greek Catholics at Largest Byzantine Liturgy in History // 27.06.2001 (21:14)				Attention journalists! In his greeting to Ukrainian youth at the meeting with youth near the church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Sykhiv (Lviv, 26.06.2001) Pope John Paul II made an unexpected addition to his text. At the end of paragraph 7 of his address, reacting to the rain which had begun to fall strongly, he joked: (in Polish) “Let it rain—the children will grow!” 27.06.2001 (15:46) // Religious Information Service of Ukraine    And then, after the crowd’s applause and chant “We Love You,” he sang a Polish verse: “Don’t fall, rain, because we don’t need you here. Go past the mountains and forests and go back to the sky!”   After finishing his speech, responding to the young crowd’s chant “Many years,” the Pope came up to the microphone and said: “Many years, many years … Therefore, of course, the rain will fall so that the children can grow…”      Set, sun, as you have to set,   Because our legs hurt from walking in the field.      If you were a day laborer, sun,   Then you, sun, would set more quickly.      Enough for today!  Get the printable page

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