JOHN PAUL II: YOUTH PRAYING IN FRONT OF HIS TOMB, THE WORDS OF CARD. DZIWISZ AND MGR. COMASTRI (3)

The cardinal spoke words of gratitude to card. Camillo Ruini as well, for starting and carrying on the process of beatification of John Paul II with "great commitment" and for "not having spared himself, in cooperation with the diocese of Rome". "Twice Benedict XVI – he went on – repeated to me that he is very glad this diocesan process ended today". Card. Dziwisz also thanked the president of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, who at the end of the vigil laid a bunch of white flowers and kneeled on the tomb of John Paul II next to card. Dziwisz. During the vigil, the youth said the Mysteries of Joy, which John Paul II expressly established, with the meditations entrusted to mgr. Angelo Comastri who recalled the Polish Pope’s calling and his "yes" to Christ and Mary. "The experience of the Nazi invasion, then the Communist invasion and then the dramatic experience of the Second World War made us feel – said mgr. Comastri – the urgent need to bring God back into man’s life". The prelate mentioned Pope Wojtyla’s 104 international journeys and 146 journeys across Italy, which are "the picture of his missionary eagerness" and highlighted John Paul II’s fight in defence of human life at every stage and his "unheeded" appeals to peace.” ” ” “