On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła in Poland, visited his home country for the first time as pontiff, ...

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2 ... the International Day of the Unborn Child is celebrated in more than a dozen countries. Speaking at a conference on Monday, George ...

Today, the world learned the identity of the new leader of the Catholic Church — Leo XIV. Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, became the first American pope. Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and ...

Today’s day and age needs more holy families — a need that Pope St. John Paul II keenly observed and made part of his pontificate. He commended the Hungarian Holy Family to the modern world ...

Carol Guzy Miami Herald File Lightning shook the skies, rain pelted the earth. But Pope John Paul II, preaching under an umbrella, wanted to keep saying his outdoor Mass at Tamiami Park during his ...