VATICAN CITY — The life of Pope St. John XXIII shows the saint’s deep spiritual nature, as well as his great kindness toward others, said a cardinal who knew him well. “If in John Paul II ...

Such dying to self, such trust in a loving God and such laughing along with life are what has made this ordinary person into a saint. We can do the same thing ourselves. Pope John XXIII is ...

Saint Pope John XXIII, pray for us. The Rev. Gus serves as director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Spanish Department at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia ...

Saint John the XXIII in Perrysburg is preparing to build a new church to make room for their growing number of members. Groundbreaking on a 26,000 square foot church designed to seat nearly 900 ...

This past Saturday, while covering the Synod on Synodality in Rome, one of America’s executive editors Sebastian Gomes sent a photo of the tomb of Pope St. John XXIII to our staff, letting us ...

St. John XXIII wrote in his journal, during a retreat in preparation for the completion of his 80th year, that his aim was “not to try to predict the future, indeed, not to count on any future ...

or “Saint Right Away!” — and it still took nine years, and Francis’s election, before the Polish-born pontiff, along with predecessor Pope John XXIII, were declared saints. Francis ...