In Poland, 14 bishops were dismissed under Francis ... of the dismissed hierarchs were promoted by Karol Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II. And then there is the issue of so-called big politics ...

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 ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

Today, the world learned the identity of the new leader of the Catholic Church — Leo XIV. Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, became the first American pope. Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and ...

From Polish pilgrimage trails to French vineyards, the places popes come from often gain new meaning. With the announcement ...