The
Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków, Poland, is a Roman Catholic basilica dedicated
to the Divine Mercy devotion, as the resting place of Saint Faustina Kowalska. The site of the building
originally housed the neo-Gothic monastery complex of the Sisters of Our Lady
of Mercy (founded in 1862), which was designed by Charles Zaremba and was built
between 1889–1891. In 1966, the remains of Sister Faustina were moved to the
church. In 1968 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (later Pope John Paul II) designated the
church as a shrine, thanks to the remains of Sister Faustina. In 1985, Pope
John Paul II called Lagiewniki the "capital of the Divine Mercy
devotion". Since the beatification of Saint Faustina in 1993, her remains
rest on the altar, below the image of Divine Mercy ■