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 ...

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter ...

Rumors began to circulate in June 1979 that Pope John Paul II might travel to Chicago, which was then home to 2.4 million ...

Nicaraguans, Cubans and Venezuelans hope for a church that will denounce repression.

Two popes . . . Francis and John Paul II . . . their deaths separated by almost exactly twenty years. Both world-renowned figures and similar in personal approach . . . but the two were different ...

Plano John Paul II player react after winning the TAPPS Division I softball state championship game against Antonian College Prepatory, Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Arlington. Plano John Paul II ...

The actress and talk show host revealed she had been “blessed” by Pope John Paul II when she was having a crisis of faith after getting an abortion at 15. “I had an abortion when I was 15 ...

These are highlight clips of live coverage from Bill Kurtis, Walter Jacobson, and the Channel 2 News team of Pope John Paul ...

Pope John Paul II installed Francis as Cardinal, then known as Jorge Bergoglio, in 2001. Then-Cardinal Bergoglio attended John Paul II’s funeral in 2005. John Paul II was well known for ...

St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his papacy and personal mission. Pope John Paul II laughs during a gat ...

JOHN PAUL: The papacy’s first composite name was chosen by Cardinal Albino Luciani in 1978 to honor Pope John XXIII, who ...

Comparing Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland in 2018 with Pope John Paul II’s in 1979, then-British Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Campbell, himself a man born and reared in Ireland ...