VATICAN CITY — The Turkish gunman who shot and wounded John Paul II in 1981 laid white flowers Saturday on the saint’s tomb in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican officials said. The surprise… ...

ROME, May 1, 2011 — -- Pope Benedict XVI beatified Pope John Paul II Sunday at St. Peter's Square before an estimated one million people, declaring the Polish-born pope to be "Blessed" and ...

The Vatican has been hosting several similar briefings this week in anticipation of Sunday's canonization ceremonies for both John Paul II and his predecessor Pope John XXIII, who led the Catholic ...

The Roman Catholic Church will declare Pope John Paul II a saint, the Vatican announced Friday, July 5. The Polish-born pope, pictured in 1978, was fast-tracked to beatification after his death in ...

Pope John Paul II was buried in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican Friday, after a three-hour funeral ceremony. A crowd of millions came to pay homage. The funeral commences nine ...

In a Sunday audience with pilgrims, Pope Francis denounced the “offensive and baseless allegations” made against St. John Paul II by Pietro Orlandi, the brother of Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-old ...

Before Pope John Paul II appointed McCarrick as archbishop of Washington, DC, in 2000, he tasked the Vatican ambassador to the US with investigating the allegations of sexual misconduct.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is remaining tight-lipped over recent reports that a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Pope John Paul II has been given approval by a committee of ...

A Vatican investigation into allegations that St. John Paul II’s longtime top aide was negligent in handling sex abuse claims in his native Poland has cleared him of wrongdoing.

Pope Francis cleared John Paul II for sainthood on Friday, approving miracles attributed to the late pontiff.Pope John Paul II's first approved miracle was the healing of a French nun, Sister ...

The late Pope John Paul II was warned about allegations of sexual impropriety by Theodore McCarrick, but chose to promote him to Archbishop of Washington anyway, an internal Vatican investigation ...

Former Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls speaks to the media during a conference about Pope John Paul II at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome April 1, 2011.