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 ...

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 ...

Pope John Paul II (a.k.a. St John Paul II) Give Holy Communion to Zekeh Gbotokuma During a New Year 1988 Celebration with Diplomatic Corps in St Peter’s Basilica. One-time Monthly Annually One-time ...

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 ...

The visit of Pope John Paul II concluded shortly before 9:00 when "Shepherd I" left en route to New Orleans. It ended a historic day, a moment perhaps never again to be seen in South Carolina: the ...

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 ...

Sister Theresa Kane, who has died aged 87, was a nun who made headlines around the world when she confronted Pope John Paul ...

In 12 years, Francis did not change everything, but he made a good start on many issues, moderating the authoritarian, orthodoxy-enforcing stance of his predecessors, the now-sainted John Paul II ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In October of 1996, Vatican spokesperson Joaquin Navarro Valls admitted to reporters concerned about the health of Pope John Paul II that the 80-year-old pontiff suffered ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to be elected as the Holy ...

Centennial football coach Jamaal Stewart resigned and accepted the offensive coordinator position under new Pope John Paul II Preparatory School coach Roc Batten, the Tennessean confirmed ...

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 ...