Catholics worldwide remember St. John Paul II on his feast day, Oct. 22. His “secret” to life and all that he did, he said, was the Eucharist.

President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II together at the Fairbanks Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska, May 2, 1984 (photo: Public domain) Jay Copp Features February 19, 2024 ...

In one chapter, Fr. Epicoco, 39, quotes at length from John Paul II’s letter “Gift and Mystery,” which the Polish saint wrote for the 50th anniversary of his priestly ordination.

The following is a list of key dates in the life of Pope John Paul II (born Karol Jozef Wojtyla), 264th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, who died today at age 84: May 18, 1920: Karol Jozef ...

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 ...

Pope John Paul II (formerly known as Karol Wojtyla) was the first non-Italian leader of the Catholic Church in almost half a century. Born in Poland in 1920 but not ordained a priest until after ...

Pope John Paul II waves as he departs the Kiel Center following a youth rally and prayer service in St. Louis, Jan. 26, 1999. Photo: AP ...

This biography examines the life, character and legacy of Pope John Paul II. It probes the Pope's roots in Polish patriotism and Polish Catholicism, the Pope's rapprochement with Jews, the Pope's ...

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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 ...

Laborem exercens, published by Pope John Paul II in 1981, broke new ground in the church's reflection on labor. "It remains a fruitful guide," Michael Sean Winters writes.

John Paul II, the Feminist Pope. ... As a teenager and women’s-studies student in college, I assumed the Catholic Church had retrograde views about women.