Pope Leo XIV has approved expanding paternity leave, the rights of parents with disabled children, and granting family ...

PROVIDENCE – Joan Smith can still remember that specific feeling she had when she saw Pope John Paul II in New York City nearly 30 years ago. “When you see the Pope, you get a feeling in your ...

The photograph taken in 1996 shows Gene Greytak, a man who impersonated Pope John Paul II. In July 2025, a photo circulated online that claimed to show Pope John Paul II playing baseball. The ...

The tiny, but vocal group of Catholics trying to perpetuate the Tridentine Rite are pressuring Pope Leo to stop phasing out the celebration of the pre-Vatican II liturgy.

I watched the confused and pitiful papacy of Pope Paul VI. Then I watched the somewhat better, but hardly perfect, papacy of Pope John Paul II.

With interstates closed and hundreds of thousands of people in attendance, KCCI got creative with our coverage of Pope John Paul II — including one staffer who was literally running tape down ...

It wasn’t until 1984 that President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II established full diplomatic ties.

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II established full diplomatic ties.

John Paul II and Benedict XVI set up camp there for several months each year to rest, but also work. Then along came Pope Francis.

Critics, including Pope John Paul II, saw in liberation theology politicization of the church and sympathy with Marxist ideology.

The Mercury announces its first team, second team and honorable mention all-area baseball selections from the 2025 season.

In Pope Leo's early days, he has woven together an emphasis on synodality and social teaching with faithfulness to doctrine and truth.