On May 20th, 1992 Pope John Paul II named him Titular Bishop ... Unusually not many national flags on display. I see one (Irish) Tricolour, a Polish flag, an Italian tricolour, a rainbow flag ...

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 ...

All with a personal, humble and humorous touch. And at the same time, in my mind, there were memories of the passing of Pope John Paul II. I was there in Vatican City on a chilly night in April ...

Comparing Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland in 2018 with Pope John Paul II’s in 1979 ... a new chapter in the relationship between the Irish state and the Roman Catholic Church.

While the number of people coming to pay their respects to Pope Francis has been consistent, St. John Paul II’s papal funeral had a bigger turnout. “A million-and-a-half passed through St. Pet ...

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 ...

Those binary viewpoints fail to explain why, in a book co-written with Fr Luigi Maria Epicoco , Francis declared that Pope John Paul II had “the smell of the sheep. He was a pastor who loved ...

On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina Kowalska and declared the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. This year, we celebrate the feast on April 27. In his ...

Pope Francis, 88, was recently diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, and as concerned Catholics around the world pray for the Holy Father, the Vatican revealed last week that he will remain ...

Gary Stern of The Journal News/lohud covered Pope John Paul II's funeral and witnessed the global impact of the event. There's a saying when a pope dies: "The pope is dead, long live the pope." ...