From his balcony on St. Peter's Square, John Paul II became the spiritual heart of the Solidarity movement. Elected pope in 1978, his visit to his ... a loss he said he deeply deplored. Jaruzelski was ...

Pope Leo XIV’s appointment of Cardinal Baldassare Reina as the grand chancellor ushers in a new era for the institute that ...

Pope Francis meets a group of nuns during his weekly general audience in the Pope ... A statue of St. John Paul II outside of Gemelli hospital where Francis was treated (CNS photo/Justin McLellan ...

(Vatican Media via AP) Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti arrives at the Vatican, Monday, May 5, 2025, to attend the General Congregation ... to become pope. After John Paul II broke the Italian hold ...

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 ...

In a world where information is received instantly via ethereal highways the election of the Pope was borne on a cloud of white smoke. Change in ...

John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days — was elected on the third ballot in 1978. His successor, St. John Paul II, needed eight. Francis was elected on the fifth in 2013. There are no ...

The cardinals have already spent days discussing the merits of the various papal prospects during formal "general congregations ... have lasted just days. Pope John Paul II needed eight ballots ...

He would also be the youngest pope since John Paul II. He understands but does not ... Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops Cardinal Mario Grech, 68, comes from Gozo ...

America received this news from a cardinal who was present at the pre-conclave plenary assembly, also known as a general congregation ... from 1983 to 1987. Pope John Paul II ordained him ...

A general view of St Peter’s Square during Pope John Paul II’s funeral on 8 April 2005 in Vatican City. (Photo by Franco Origlia / Getty Images) When John Paul II died, it was experienced by ...

The meetings, so-called general congregations ... gave a humdinger of a funeral homily for Pope John Paul II — he famously denounced “a dictatorship of relativism” — then entered the ...