The local tragedy is only international news because the 100-foot-tall cross, with 20-foot statue of Jesus affixed, was dedicated to Pope John Paul II, who will be canonized on Sunday along with ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991 ... So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew ...

Pope Francis's convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II's life, highlighting the need to balance ...

In a game between two teams ranked highly in the LHSAA power ratings, Pope John Paul II jumped on Holy Cross in its first at-bat Monday at Holy Cross.

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives ...

John Paul II had an appendectomy in October of 1996, but would not be hospitalized again until February of 2005, even though ...

Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment.

COMMENTARY: Twenty years after the death of John Paul II, it’s too early to declare him a doctor of the Church. It’s not too ...

St. Pope John Paul II passed away 20 years ago this April 2 ... to Michelangelo’s famous Pieta statue embracing a large crucifix just as a mother holds her baby, giving and receiving true ...

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio ...