Pope Leo serves as an important check on our spirit. His presence most assuredly reminds people of God and that the Lord is ...

Pope Leo’s May 19 appointment of Cardinal Reina as grand chancellor appears to be a return to the former practice of linking ...

Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side Only one pope has ever visited Chicago. Pope John Paul II (formerly known as Karol ...

St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his papacy and personal mission. Pope John Paul II laughs during a gat ...

As of Thursday afternoon there have been no reports that either priest has been installed ... Appointed clandestinely by Pope John Paul II in 1991, Zhang has spent decades ministering without ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the ...

I remembered the American priests, nuns and lay brothers in Lima ... I recalled the open-air youth day Mass during Pope John Paul II’s visit to Peru in 1985, when I was 13 years old; it was ...

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he was ordained in 1975 and appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1998 as bishop of Rapid City ... when the USCCB faced allegations of coverups of sexual abuse by priests. DiNardo ...

The actress and talk show host revealed she had been “blessed” by Pope John Paul II when she was having a crisis of faith after getting an abortion at 15. “I had an abortion when I was 15 ...

“I had that same exact experience when I was in Rome in 2005 after Pope John Paul II died,” he said. “I heard there was white smoke and took off running.” Several priests and newly ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy ...