Rome, Italy, Oct 22, 2011 / 17:08 pm
Blessed John Paul II was remembered with celebrations all over Rome on Oct. 22, his first feast day since his May 1 beatification.
Among other events in Rome, the day was celebrated with a pilgrimage from one papal basilica to another.
Cardinal Angelo Comastri, head priest of St. Peter's Basilica, started off the pilgrimage in St. Peter's Square in the early afternoon. It concluded four hours later with a prayer vigil at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. The Diocese of Rome’s vicar, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, then celebrated Mass.
John Paul II's personal secretary, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisc of Krakow, Poland, celebrated Mass at St. Peter's earlier in the day with more than 200 other priests and several cardinals and bishops.