Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, ... said the pope “never gave up, he didn’t give up, he managed everything until the end and he was trying in every way to be present ...

Farmer Joseph Hayes’ letter – handwritten from his Madison County property – helped persuade then-Pope John Paul II to come to Iowa in 1979, drawing a crowd of more than 350,000 to Living ...

Crowds jammed the streets and parking lot surrounding Five Holy Martyrs Church at 43rd and Richmond Street on Oct. 5, 1979, to hear Pope John Paul II give an open-air mass in Polish to a mostly ...

Fittingly, when John Paul II visited the Basilica of Esztergom, he celebrated Mass over the relics of the Hungarian Holy Family, since relics of Stephen, Gisela and Emeric rest together in the ...

One of Pope John Paul II’s closest collaborators says the Polish Pontiff lives on in the hearts and memories of the many people who still feel connected to him today, 20 years since John Paul II ...