Sister Faustina

Sister Faustina Kowalska's diary was among the banned books, and it remained on the Index for almost 20 years.

The nun to whom he dedicated the shrine today, Sister Faustina Kowalska, has long been one of his religious inspirations.

He told his biographer George Weigel that he felt spiritually "very near" to Sister Faustina when he began the encyclical.

According to the DVD's marketing materials, "Dorota Segda was voted top actress of the year by film critics for her stunning portrayal of Sister Faustina."

Verus' sister Faustina the Elder was a Roman Empress and married the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.

In 1968 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (later Pope John Paul II) designated the church as a shrine, thanks to the remains of Sister Faustina.

Still, according to Sister Faustina's visions, Jesus Christ promised that all who recite this chaplet at the hour of death or in the presence of the dying will receive great Mercy.

According to Sister Faustina's visions, written in her diary, the chaplet's prayers for Mercy are threefold: to obtain Mercy, to trust in Christ's Mercy, and to show Mercy to others.

Pope John XXIII issued a Notificatio banning "the spreading of images and writings that propose the devotion of The Divine Mercy" that had been the work of Sister Faustina Kowalska.

In March 1959, the CDF published a notification, signed by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, prohibiting distribution of images and writings that presented the Devotion to the Divine Mercy in the form proposed by Sister Faustina.

Faustina is a 1995 Polish movie directed by Jerzy Lukaszewicz about Blessed Sister Faustina Kowalska, a saint of the Roman Catholic Church who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000 .

Note: With reference to 'religious order' 'able to found' and Saint Sister Faustina please visit Faustinum Association of Apostles of the Divine Mercy for information regarding the apostolic movement which springs from Sr Faustinas' charism and the message of Divine Mercy.

This was director Ben Yalung's second religious film after Divine Mercy: Sa Buhay Ni Sister Faustina (Divine Mercy: in the Life of Sister Faustina) starring former matinee idol and MTV VJ Donita Rose in 1993.