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 ...

In “The Last Supper,” Paul Elie explores how controversies over artists like Sinéad O’Connor and Keith Haring paved the way ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

The books “Ribbons of Rust” and “John & Paul” show how the circumstances of time, place, talent, technology and friendship ...

Pork and Sauerkraut Casserole Ingredients: ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 pounds pork, medium dice 1 medium onion, diced 3 stalks of celery, diced 1 Tablespoon minced garlic 16 ounces sauerkraut 1 can ...

Madonna, Scorsese, Warhol and “Piss Christ” play roles in Paul Elie’s maybe-too-comprehensive look at how divisive ...

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 ...

John 21 is also used at papal funerals. It was used for both Pope Francis and Pope St. John Paul II. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who preached last week, barely took notice of the Gospel passage ...

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives on in the hearts and memories of the many people who still feel ...

In 1992, a New York jury convicted mob boss John Gotti in five killings, racketeering and other charges. Gotti died in prison in 2002. In 2007 the University of Florida repeated as NCAA Division I ...

It has now been 20 years since the death of Pope John Paul II. And with the passage of time, an entirely new generation of Catholics has arisen who have no real memory of why those of us who are ...

I had just completed writing The Integral Person in a Fractured World, which centered on Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body. All that was left to do was to do was type in the dedication ...