VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his blessing, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

John Paul II had absolute esteem for him ... The Holy See Press Office is near St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (NCR photo/Camillo Barone) Navarro-Valls' medical background also played a ...

He died at the Vatican on April 2 ... international speaker and pro-life activist. He met Pope St. John Paul II five times. His most recent book is "100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World." ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ut unum sint, Pope St John Paul II’s landmark encyclical on ecumenism, signed on May ...

Tours of the main exhibit, which includes the Jubilee temporary display, are available in English and Spanish. The Saint John ...

TODAY the Church celebrates the feast day of St Paul VI, who is recognised as a great defender of life and family. He is best ...

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the papal summer palace south of Rome. His visit is fueling speculation about whether he will use it ...