On May 8, the day Pope Leo XIV was elected as our new Holy Father, he told the faithful, “Today is the day of the Prayer of ...

But the U.S. State Department says on its website that it may “actively review ... the year after he became pope. German-born Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II, a native of Poland ...

Just as Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II worked to defeat the USSR ... and Pope Leo’s American roots may bring these leaders closer, forging a new geopolitical partnership.

John Paul II used this staff during his inauguration Mass and so did Pope Leo XIV, during the May 18 rite that fell on the 105th anniversary of John Paul II's birth. The new pope also wore an ...

Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as Robert Francis Prevost.

Maria Izworska, center, and Weronika Kotarba, right, of Poland, visit St. Peter’s Square on May 20, 2025 ... to change public perception: When Pope John Paul II was elected in 1978, it raised ...

Bush, as much as some conservative Catholics wanted to downplay the fact that Pope John Paul II was against the ... I mean, look, it’s and I’m sure that New York Times’ listeners are going ...

Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene as Pope Leo XIV is installed in Vatican City. Global dignitaries and faith leaders from around the world gathered in Vatican City on ...

doing an a cappella version of “War,” then ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II to protest sexual abuse of children within the Roman Catholic Church. Just as anniversaries are arbitrary ...

Donation Options Search Search Search St. Mary of the Assumption Parish included this photo commemorating the 1982 meeting of a newly ordained Robert Prevost and Pope John Paul II in its 1986 book ...

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.

Edward Pentin Vatican May 22, 2025 VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV’s appointment this week of the vicar general of Rome as grand chancellor of the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for ...