Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy for the Holy Year. He has encouraged seminarians to be ...

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.

Pope John Paul II remained in office until his death in 2005. He made more visits to the U.S., but did not make another trip to Chicago after that 1979 visit. Pope Benedict XVI made one visit to ...

Busy Philipps revealed on 'The View' that she had once been "blessed" by Pope John Paul II when she was having a religious crisis after getting an abortion at 15.

Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła, was elected pope on Oct. 16, 1978. He was the first Polish pontiff. Wojtyła took the regnal name after his predecessor, Pope John Paul I, who passed away ...

John Paul II was well known for travelling, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. But it was just a year into his time as pope that John Paul II made his first trip to the United States ...

Vance, one of the last dignitaries to meet with Francis on Easter Sunday before his passing, has referenced Pope John Paul II – ideologically more similar to Sarah – in recent public addresses.

Pope John Paul II, who was only 58 when he took over in 1978, “used his body a lot in communication” to signal a vital Church, skiing and swimming, Prof Regoli said.

In 2005, Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment. The 84-year-old pontiff had urinary and bacterial infections that led ...

St. Pope John Paul II passed away 20 years ago this April 2. Serving him between 1989 and 2005, first as his bodyguard and then as an adviser to the Holy See, was such a privilege.

CNA Staff, Mar 29, 2025 / 06:00 am. It all began with Pope John Paul II. In the 1980s, the late pope encouraged Dr. Robert Walley, a Catholic obstetrician and gynecologist who died in 2020, to ...