The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, ...

To all, Francis offers a message of mercy. It is a message that has won him both praise and criticism.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II’s life, highlighting the need to balance protecting his fragile health with keeping him in ...

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio ...

Today is Wednesday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2025. There are 273 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyła, died in his Vatican ...

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) FILE Pope John Paul II is pushed on his chair while passing priests and bishops during a procession in Lourdes, southwestern France, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP ...

The pope in those days was John Paul II, who had the looks of a leading man and the gait of a star athlete when he was elected and kept them both for well over a decade. John Paul II had an ...

Thomas More University’s Institute for Religious Liberty will present a special program on Monday in celebration of Pope Saint John Paul II on the 20th anniversary of his death. Dr. Paul Kengor ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for ...

Pope Francis’ historic “Statio Orbis” blessing during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic remains relevant for the Church as it did five years ago. Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter ...

Article continues below About that period of recording, Paul McCartney said: "There was a lot of friction during that album. We were just about to break up, and that was tense in itself".

the pope said: “Jesus waits for us and lets himself be found precisely when we think that there is no hope left for us.” Reflecting on the Gospel of St. John, the Holy Father noted that Jesus ...