"In the evening of that unforgettable Saturday 2nd April 2005, as he closed his eyes to this world, it was just the day before the second Easter Sunday", went on the Holy Father, according to whom "the long and multiform papacy" of John Paul II", "all his mission at the service of the truth on God and man and peace in the world, is summed up by this announcement, as he said himself in Cracow -£agiewniki in 2002, as he unveiled the great Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy: ‘Other than God’s Mercy, there is no other source of hope for man’. "His message, like that of Saint Faustina’s said the Pontiff goes back to Christ’s face, the supreme revelation of God’s Mercy. Constantly contemplating that Face: this is the heritage He left us, which we joyfully receive and make our own". As to the Divine Mercy, "a special reflection will be conducted" during the first World Apostolic Congress, which will open on April 2nd in Rome "with Mass officiated by the Pope on the third anniversary of the death of his predecessor. Quoting "the great cause of world peace", the Pope expressed the wish "that God’s mercy may accomplish what is impossible to human strengths alone and that it may infuse in the hearts the courage of dialogue and reconciliation".
