In “John Paul II, the Feminist Pope” (Houses of Worship, March 14) Erika Bachiochi reduces the pontiff’s teaching to sound bites about abstract “equality” so that it conforms to the ...

Pope John Paul II, the third-longest serving pope, passed away on this day in history, April 2, 2005, at age 84. The pope had been in rapidly declining health in the last few days of his life ...

On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła in Poland, visited his home country for the first time as pontiff, ...

I’ll never forget standing on the tarmac at Andrew’s Air Force Base in 2008 with a gaggle of journalists waiting for "Shepherd One" to touch down. Like the rest of my colleagues, my feet were ...

In 1979, John Paul II was already planning his first trip as pope to the United States when he received a two-page handwritten letter from Iowa farmer Joe Hays inviting him to visit America’s ...

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 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Pope John Paul II (a.k.a. St John Paul II) Give Holy Communion to Zekeh Gbotokuma During a New ...