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The Whole World

Catholic means universal - that's the wonder of it and it's because Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

As Benedict XVI put it so beautifully (at WYD 2005):
"The Church is like a human family, but at the same time it is also the great family of God, through which he establishes an overarching communion and unity that embraces every continent, culture and nation.  ...
Here at WYD we discover the joy of belonging to a family as vast as the world, including Heaven and earth, the past, the present, the future and every part of the earth. In this great band of pilgrims we walk side by side with Christ, we walk with the star that enlightens our history."

Here are all the countries represented on Totus2us podcasts, plus those that Saints Paul VI & John Paul II, Papas Benedict XVI & Francis have been to on pilgrimage (with their words & prayers in various languages, plus photos & video footage). The apostolic voyages are also listed by year here, plus there are the Holy Fathers' Messages for World Youth Day (plus the international festivals), World Day of Peace and World Day of Migrants & Refugees.

Albania
St JPII 1993, Pope Francis 2014

Algeria
St Augustine of Hippo       Bl Charles de Foucauld  

Angola    
St JPII 1992, BXVI 2009

Argentina    
St JPII 1982 & 1987 ♥ JMJ Buenos Aires  

Armenia    
St JPII 2001

Australia      
St Paul VI 1970, St JPII 1986    & 1995, BXVI 2008 ♥ WYD Sydney 

Austria      
St JPII 1983, 1988 & 1998, BXVI 2007

Azerbaijan
St JPII 2002

Bahamas      
St JPII 1979

Bangladesh  
St JPII 1986, Pope Francis 2017

Belgium      
St JPII 1985 & 1995

Belize
St JPII 1983

Benin     
St JPII 1982 & 1993, BXVI 2011

Bermuda
St PVI 1968

Bolivia      
St JPII 1988

Bosnia Herzegovina      
St JPII 1997 & 2003, Pope Francis 2015    Medjugorje  

Botswana 
St JPII 1988

Brazil      
St JPII 1980, 1991 & 1997, BXVI 2007, Pope Francis 2013 ♥ JMJ Rio de Janeiro  

Bulgaria      
St JPII 2002, Pope Francis 2019

Burkina Faso      
St JPII 1980 & 1990

Burundi  
St JPII 1990

Cameroon      
St JPII 1985 & 1995, BXVI 2009

Canada      
St JPII 1984, 1987 & 2002 ♥ WYD Toronto  

Cape Verde      
St JPII 1990

Cayman Islands      

Central African Republic
St JPII 1985, Pope Francis 2015

Chad 
St JPII 1990

Chile      
St JPII 1987

China      

Colombia      
St PVI 1968, St JPII 1986, Pope Francis 2017

Congo      
St JPII 1980

DR Congo      
St JPII 1980 & 1985

Costa Rica     
St JPII 1983

Côte d'Ivoire      
St JPII 1980, 1985 & 1990

Croatia      
St JPII 1994, 1998 & 2003, BXVI 2011

Cuba      
St JPII 1998, BXVI 2012, Pope Francis 2015

Curaçao
St JPII 1990

Cyprus      
BXVI 2010

Czech Republic      
St JPII 1990, 1995 & 1997, BXVI 2009

Denmark
St JPII 1989

Dominica      

Dominican Republic      
St JPII 1979     1984 & 1992

Ecuador        
St JPII 1985, Pope Francis 2015

Egypt      
St JPII Jubilee 2000

El Salvador      
St JPII 1983 & 1996

Equatorial Guinea
St JPII 1982

Eritrea      

Estonia 
St JPII 1993, Pope Francis 2018

Eswatini
St JPII 1988

Ethiopia      

Fiji  
St JPII 1986

Finland      
St JPII 1989

France    
St JPII 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1996, 1997 ♥ JMJ Paris & 2004, BXVI 2008, Pope Francis 2014
St Bernard of Clairvaux    St Catherine Labouré    St Claude de la Colombière    St Francis de Sales   St Joan of Arc    St John Mary Vianney    St Louis de Montfort    St Margaret Mary Alacoque    St Therese of Lisieux     Lourdes    Paray-le-Monial    Le Puy    Rue du Bac    Taizé 

Gabon 
St JPII 1982

The Gambia      
St JPII 1992

Georgia      
St JPII 1999, Pope Francis 2016

Germany      
St JPII 1980, 1987 & 1996, BXVI 2005 ♥ WJT Cologne, 2006 & 2011

Ghana      
St John Paul II 1980

Gibraltar      

Greece      
St JPII 2001, Pope Francis 2016

Grenada      

Guam 
St JPII 1981

Guatemala      
St JPII 1983, 1996 & 2002

Guinea
St JPII 1992

Guinea-Bissau
St JPII 1990

Guyana      

Haiti
St JPII 1983

Honduras      
St JPII 1983

Hong Kong      
St PVI 1970

Hungary      
St JPII 1991 & 1996

Iceland
St JPII 1989

India      
St PVI 1964, St JPII 1986 & 1999

Indonesia      
St PVI 1970, St JPII 1989

Iran      
St PVI 1970

Iraq      

Ireland    
St JPII 1979     Pope Francis 2018

Israel    
St PVI 1964, St JPII Jubilee 2000    BXVI 2009, Pope Francis 2014

Italy      
St PVI x15, St JPII x146 ♥ GMG Roma    BXVI x30, Pope Francis x28 
St Aloysius Gonzaga    St Alphonsus Liguori    St Ambrose   St Anselm    St Benedict    St Bonaventure   St Cajetan    St Catherine of Siena    St Dominic Savio    St Francis of Assisi    St Gianna Molla    St Maria Goretti    Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati    St Pio of Pietrelcina    St Rita of Cascia    St Scholastica    St Thomas Aquinas    St Vincent Pallotti     Rome    San Giovanni Rotondo 

Jamaica      
St JPII 1993

Japan      
St JPII 1981, Pope Francis 2019

Jersey      

Jordan      
St PVI 1964, St JPII Jubilee 2000, BXVI 2009, Pope Francis 2014

Kazakhstan      
St JPII 2001

Kenya      
St JPII 1980, 1985 & 1995, Pope Francis 2015

Kuwait      

Latvia      
St JPII 1993, Pope Francis 2018

Lebanon      
St PVI 1964, St JPII 1997, BXVI 2012

Lesotho  
St JPII 1988

Liberia      

Liechtenstein      
St JPII 1985

Lithuania      
St JPII 1993, Pope Francis 2018

Luxembourg      
St JPII 1985

Madagascar      
St JPII 1989

Malawi
St JPII 1989

Malaysia      

Mali
St JPII 1990

Malta      
St JPII 1990 & 2001, BXVI 2010  

Mauritius      
St JPII 1989

Mexico      
St JPII 1979    1990, 1993, 1999 & 2002, BXVI 2012, Pope Francis 2016

Morocco
St JPII 1985, Pope Francis 2019

Mozambique      
St JPII 1988, Pope Francis 2019

Netherlands      
St JPII 1985

New Zealand      
St JPII 1986

Nicaragua      
St JPII 1983 & 1996

Nigeria      
St JPII 1982 & 1998

North Macedonia
Pope Francis 2019

Norway      
St JPII 1989

Pakistan      
St PVI 1970, St JPII 1981

Palestine 
St PVI 1964, St JPII 2000, BXVI 2009, Pope Francis 2014

Panama      
St JPII 1983, Pope Francis 2019  ♥  JMJ Panama

Papua New Guinea
St JPII 1984 & 1995

Paraguay      
St JPII 1988, Pope Francis 2015

Peru      
St JPII 1985    & 1988, Pope Francis 2018

Philippines      
St PVI 1970, St JPII 1981 & 1995 ♥ WYD Manila, Pope Francis 2015

Poland  
St JPII 1979    1983, 1987, 1991, 1991 ♥ WYD Czestochowa, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2002, BXVI 2006, Pope Francis 2016 ♥ WYD Krakow    ♥  St Faustina Kowalska    St Maximilian Kolbe   
  Auschwitz    Jasna Gora    Divine Mercy Shrine, Lagiewniki 

Portugal      
St PVI 1967, St JPII 1982, 1991 & Jubilee 2000, BXVI 2010, Pope Francis 2017
St Anthony      Fatima  

Puerto Rico      
St JPII 1984

Romania      
St JPII 1999, Pope Francis 2019

Russia      

Rwanda      
St JPII 1990

Saint Lucia      
St JPII 1986

Samoa      
St PVI 1970

San Marino 
St JPII 1982, BXVI 2011

São Tomé and Príncipe 
St JPII 1992

Senegal      
St JPII 1992

Serbia      

Seychelles      
St JPII 1986

Sierra Leone      

Singapore      
St JPII 1986

Slovakia      
St JPII 1990, 1995 & 2003

Slovenia      
St JPII 1996 & 1999

Solomon Islands
St JPII 1984

South Africa      
St JPII 1995

South Korea      
St JPII 1984 & 1989, Pope Francis 2014

Spain  
St JPII 1982, 1984, 1989 ♥ JMJ Santiago 1993 & 2003, BXVI 2006, 2010 & 2011 ♥ JMJ Madrid    ♥  St Dominic    St Francis Xavier  St Ignatius of Loyola   St Teresa of Avila      Santiago de Compostela 

Sri Lanka      
St PVI 1970, St JPII 1995, Pope Francis 2015

Sudan      
St JPII 1993

Sweden  
St JPII 1989, Pope Francis 2016

Switzerland      
St PVI 1969, St JPII 1982, 1984 & 2004

Syria      
St JPII 2001

Taiwan      

Tanzania      
St JPII 1990

Thailand      
St JPII 1984, Pope Francis 2019

Timor-Leste      
St JPII 1989

Togo      
St JPII 1985

Tonga        

Trinidad and Tobago      
St JPII 1985

Tunisia  
St JPII 1996

Turkey      
St Paul VI 1967, St JPII 1979, BXVI 2006, Pope Francis 2014

Uganda      
St PVI 1969, St JPII 1993, Pope Francis 2015

Ukraine      
St JPII 2001

United Arab Emirates 
Pope Francis 2019

United Kingdom    
St JPII 1982    BXIV 2010    St John Henry Newman    St Margaret Clitherow    St Nicholas Owen   St Thomas More     St David's    Walsingham 

United Nations
St PVI 1965    St JPII 1979 & 1995, BXVI 2008, Pope Francis 2015

United States of America      
St PVI 1965    St JPII 1979    1981, 1984, 1987   1993 ♥ WYD Denver    1995   & 1999, BXVI 2008   Pope Francis 2015

Uruguay 
St JPII 1987 & 1988

Vatican City   
Leo XIII, St Pius X   BXV, Pius XI, Pius XII, St John XXIII    St PVI    JPI    St JPII    BXVI    Pope Francis 

Venezuela      
St JPII 1985 & 1996

Vietnam      

Zambia      
St JPII 1989

Zimbabwe      
St JPII 1988

On being announced the new Pope on 16th October 1978, St John Paul II said: "Do not be afraid. Christ knows 'what is in man'. He alone knows!"

The hymn composed for his beatification reiterated his oft repeated words: "Non abbiate paura!" ("Do not be afraid!") For, as the song goes: "He's got the whole world in His hands ... He's got you and me, He's got everybody, He's got the whole world in His hands."

 

and my ...what a wonderful world it is!