ROME – A new, modernist sculpture of Pope John Paul II is turning into a monumental bust. The Vatican on Friday slammed the giant artwork outside Rome's Termini Train Station, saying it doesn't ...

Pope John Paul ... 2005. A sculpture of Madonna and child hangs on the wall behind the grave. In his last spiritual testament, written in 1979, John Paul II had made only the request that he ...

With the fisherman's ring and the lambswool pallium over his shoulders, these links to John Paul II helped Leo XIV stress the need for unity and core Catholic traditions. Nonetheless, he faces painful ...