Drexil, from the Philippines: "I love John Paul when he did the World Youth Day in the Philippines. It was in 1995 - I really wanted to go but wasn't able to. So I really really love John Paul. The holiness, I could see in his face the holiness - he was r

Nathan, from the USA: "Blessed JPII is one of the original men who got me inspired on thinking about my vocation of priesthood ..of actually focusing on what it means to be a Christian, what it means to be a Catholic. … To be able to see that through a ma

Sean, from the USA: "Two of the greatest things I’ve really gained from John Paul II is his love for Our Lady - Totus Tuus, Maria - which he took for his papal motto, as well as the love that he had for other people. If you look at any pictures or videos

Giorgio, from Rome: "For me John Paul II was a very generous person and the way he followed the message of Jesus Christ was wonderful. At the end of his life it was very, very sad to see him so suffering but for me that was what God asked him, to put on h

Giorgio, da Roma: "Per me Giovanni Paolo II è una dei più grandi personaggi della nostra contemporani .. una grande persona, un grande uomo, per tutto quello che ha fatto, sia dal punto della religione, della fede, sia per la sua presenza nei paesi del te

Fiammetta e Fabio, da Roma. Fiammetta: "Gioavanna Paolo secondo è una persona meravigliosa el amore puro." Fabio: "Penso che molti giovani si avvicinò per mezzo di Papa Woytyla. ... I think that Papa Woytyla was a good pope. .. I miss him." Music by Mike

Megan, from the Seychelles, came to love John Paul II through his teachings. She is so grateful for the witness he offered, encouraging all of us that we all can be saints here on earth: 'And this is the most beautiful thing for us to look up and to aim t

Mike, from London, puts his conversion down to learning about John Paul II's Theology of the Body on a retreat, and then going deeper into this beautiful teaching by reading Christopher West's book on the subject. The quote that Mike finds very powerful,

Simone, who's half Italian, half Polish, was among the millions of young people with JPII at WYDs and at his funeral: "What John Paul did was that he showed that the Christian, apart from the fact that he showed that the Christian is somebody who is happy

Br Sean, from N. Ireland and a member of The Spiritual Family the Work, describes having been with JPII in Rome: "I think in total it was about 4 times that I could meet the Holy Father and the impression I got from John Paul II was of somebody who emitte