Schools Relations with: Pope John Paul II was celebrated during his lifetime and later posthumously with several honours and as the namesake of several places and institutions.
Educational and cultural centres named in honour of the Pope include the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences whose largest campuses are located at the Lateran University in Rome, Italy and Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, United States.
(The tabernacle and cornerstone of the school were blessed by Pope Benedict XVI during Mass at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on 17 April 2008.)
[6] In the Philippines, the Parish of Jesus, the Way the Truth and the Life near SM Mall of Asia in Pasay is also called the John Paul II International Youth Centre.
When the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Jean Louis Tauran went to the country, he was greeted by the youth from all the Suffragan Dioceses of the Archdiocese of Manila there.
In the Diocese of San Jose, Nueva Ecija there is a five-hectare complex named St. John Paul II Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy.
It presently has an institution for abandoned elderly called Tahanan ng Damayang Kristiyano (House of Christian Solidarity).