During the reign of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, bishops wrote Polish law. They exercised enormous political and legal influence, as in the case of the anti-abortion law, which the Polish Sejm ...

"John Paul II's fast-track to sainthood was a product ... In 2004, two years after disgraced Boston archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law was forced to resign because he'd protected pedophile priests ...

studying law. I was recounting several remarkable occurrences I had had involving the Pope. Our conversation was interrupted by the announcement that Pope John Paul II had died. We looked at each ...

There are also criticisms, particularly in America, surrounding John Paul II’s appointments of bishops and cardinals, such as Bernard Cardinal Law, the former cardinal Theodore McCarrick ...

The sad anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War has passed. Twenty years ago, the United States invaded Iraq and deposed the tyrant Saddam Hussein. These actions led to a decade of violence ...

Instead of following the example of earlier popes whose social teaching was voiced almost exclusively in terms of natural law theory, John Paul II began with a reflection on the Book of Genesis.

Twenty-four years after his visit to San Antonio, Pope John Paul II was beatified as a saint. A statute and relic of his blood now stand in San Fernando Cathedral, where the foundation he laid ...