Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives on in the hearts and memories of the many people who still feel ...

In 1979, John Paul II was already planning his first trip as pope to the United States when he received a two-page handwritten letter from Iowa farmer Joe Hays inviting him to visit America’s ...

Pope John Paul II waves to the cheering crowd on June 10, 1987, prior to a Mass in Krakow during his visit to Poland. (photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP via Getty Images) ...

In 1992, a New York jury convicted mob boss John Gotti in five killings, racketeering and other charges. Gotti died in prison in 2002. In 2005, Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church ...

The pope in those days was John Paul II, who had the looks of a leading man and the gait of a star athlete when he was elected and kept them both for well over a decade. John Paul II had an ...

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio ...