COMMENTARY: Today’s feast is directly linked to the jubilee years of 1975 and 2000, making its observance this jubilee year a ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is ... the week of May 18, the feast day of St. Rita of Cascia, a 14th-15th century Augustinian nun who died in 1456 falls on May 22. Her parents were well noted ...

In 1978, John Paul II told the master of ceremonies ... Such was the power of those words that Oct. 22 is now John Paul’s feast day. Pope Leo XIV spontaneously added John Paul’s signature ...

As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV -- elected May 8 -- attention quickly turned to the first moments of his pontificate. The first weeks of a papacy often give ...

He is especially interested in moral theology and the thought of John Paul II. [Note ... SAINTS & ART: The feast of St. Rita of Cascia, celebrated May 22, reminds us of the healing power of ...

As the NFL moves further away from the 2025 draft and deeper into offseason programs, fans can enjoy a sense of hope. While ...

Between May 13 and October 13 of that year, Mary appeared six times to brother ... This has been interpreted to include the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981, which happened on May 13 ...

In September 1978, at the age of 22, he professed first vows ... He is 11 years older than St. John Paul II, who was 58, at his 1978 election. Pope Leo was elected on the conclave’s second day. The ...

A ROMAN ORTHODOX PORTRAITFather Paul Salomon stands ... region of present-day Romania. The city center is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the spring of 1462, Mehmed II assembled an army of ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Pope John Paul II ... Oct. 4. CBS Chicago was there for it all, with live Channel 2 News team coverage that is preserved in our video library. Despite cold temperatures in Chicago that day ...

When Pope John Paul II visited Phoenix in September 1987, he was met by thousands of supporters and tribal representatives from across Arizona. He held Mass at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe.