Days before Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, Vatican television cameras captured extraordinary footage of the Polish pope. He was sitting alone facing the altar of his private chapel.

There were plenty of tears shed on April 8, 2005, the day Pope St. John Paul II was laid to rest. Though I was only seven, I vividly remember my mother crying as we watched the funeral. We weren’t ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has spent 18 full days at Rome's Gemelli hospital recovering from double pneumonia. It's by far the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy, and there is no indication ...

Pope's miracles come from France and Costa Rica. April 25, 2014— -- Miracles from France and Costa Rica helped Pope John Paul II blaze the fastest path to sainthood in the history of the Catholic ...

COMMENTARY: Twenty years after the death of John Paul II, it’s too early to declare him a doctor of the Church. It’s not too soon, however, to imagine why such an honor might be bestowed on him in the ...

Pope Francis met with the academic community of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in the Vatican on Monday morning, encouraging continued collaboration ...

The sad anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War has passed. Twenty years ago, the United States invaded Iraq and deposed the tyrant Saddam Hussein. These actions led to a decade of violence, ...

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 joy of ...

Cardinals are pictured as Pope John Paul II arrives to preside over the largest consistory in history Feb. 21, 2001, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The pope elevated 44 church leaders to the ...

UPPER PROVIDENCE >> Ever since losing last season’s District 1-4A football championship game, Pope John Paul II has been on a mission to get back to the final and win it. That year-long task was ...