FLORIBETH MORA was languishing in hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm when her gaze settled on a picture of the late Pope John Paul II in a newspaper by her bed. The image came to life ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The fast-track canonization for Pope John Paul II, and the bend-the-rules process for Pope John XXIII, have raised questions about a rush to sainthood for the two most ...

On Sunday (April 27), Pope Francis will canonize two predecessors, John XXIII and John Paul II, elevating the two most influential popes of the 20th century to the pantheon of Catholic life and ...

Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be declared saints on April 27 at a ceremony that might see two living popes honoring two dead ones. The Vatican on Monday said retired Pope Benedict XVI ...

On this day 43 years ago, 300,000 people gathered to welcome the Pope to Coventry. On May 30, 1982, Pope John Paul II was ...

Rome — A documentary hit the airwaves this week in Poland alleging the former pope, Saint John Paul II, protected pedophile priests when he was Archbishop of Krakow in his native country.

A major event in modern Catholic history is taking place this weekend in Rome, with two recent popes — John Paul II and John XXIII — being officially made saints. For Catholics in Washington ...

It was John Paul II who overhauled the sainthood process in 1983 to make it faster, cheaper and simpler. I mean, he beatified and canonized more people, not only than any previous pope, but than ...

John XXIII and John Paul II are to be canonized together in an unusual double bill that could see not just one but two of their successors attend the April 27 ceremony. It would be an ...

Pope Francis canonized into sainthood two 20th Century popes at a Mass on Sunday celebrated before hundreds of thousands of people at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square, lauding his predecessors as ...