Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in October 1979, about a year after he was elected. The Archdiocese of Chicago called John Paul II's visit "an extraordinary event which saw an outpouring of ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Pope John Paul II is buried under a slab of white and gray marble a few feet from the tomb of St. Peter, the original pope of the Catholic Church. Vatican officials today opened the Vatican ...

Can Pope Leo XIV remain a U.S. citizen while leading a foreign government? Here are things to know about the legally thorny ...

“In my mid-20s, I became more fascinated with Catholicism and Pope John Paul II. He had a profound impact on my life. As I grew in my faith, I really fell in love with the Church and with Christ ...

Anyway, the story I am about to recount happened during the visit to Sri Lanka of the much-loved Pope John Paul the Second. It is said that when the Pope visited Sri Lanka, he was provided with an ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

In 2003 Pope John Paul II was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his life's work in opposing Communist oppression and helping to reshape the world. He travelled more than one million ...

But also, to some, he can be a mild, 69-year-old disrupter, the right choice to be the "vicar of Christ" at a time of global instability not seen since the cardinals chose Pope John Paul II in 1978.