On the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death, reflections highlight his leadership, faith, and personal interactions ...

Journalists and Vatican officials who have covered multiple pontificates describe the challenges, secrecy and unprecedented ...

John Paul II had an appendectomy in October of 1996, but would not be hospitalized again until February of 2005, even though ...

Backcountry camping, white water rafting and rock climbing are key draws for campers at Camp Wojtyla, a Catholic camp in ...

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 ...

• Camosy: As you say, the encyclical itself was motivated in part by concern for new threats to human life that were emerging ...

The year closed with John Paul named Time magazine’s Man of the Year for 1994. In January 1995 he went to Manila for the ...

The event originated in Argentina, and St. John Paul II played a fundamental role in its establishment. The story has its beginnings on Nov. 13, 1998, when the pilgrim pope received the then ...

Pope Francis’ frailty was on full view as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Sunday after five weeks battling pneumonia ...

“The idea for MaterCare was inspired by Pope John Paul II, who personally asked Dr. Walley to create an organization that would address the growing crisis of maternal mortality and health care ...

Mayor Deegan has until April 8 council meeting to either sign bill, have it become law without signature ... of this,’’ Vaia said. Pope John Paul II, too, was often praised for showing ...

“We have to get out of an overly functionalist mind-set.” Much the same was said two decades ago of Pope John Paul II as he deteriorated in public view, his body hunched and ...