On this day, 31 March, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited the Belgian College in Rome, where he had once been a student. There he met Joseph Cardijn on several occasions as mentioned in the above video. And in 1985, while on a pastoral visit to Belgium, he also visited Cardijn’s tomb in the Basilica of Our Lady at Laeken.
John Paul II on Cardijn
John Paul II on Cardijn
John Paul II on Cardijn
On this day, 31 March, 1979, Pope John Paul II visited the Belgian College in Rome, where he had once been a student. There he met Joseph Cardijn on several occasions as mentioned in the above video. And in 1985, while on a pastoral visit to Belgium, he also visited Cardijn’s tomb in the Basilica of Our Lady at Laeken.