Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986, who becomes only the second Pope to visit Australia after Pope Paul VI's 1970 tour. On that time he was 66 years old, and had visited every state and ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II’s life, highlighting the need to balance protecting his fragile health with keeping him in ...

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 ...

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 ...

In his greetings to pilgrims present in the Courtyard of St Damasus for the weekly General Audience Pope Francis recalled the attack on St Pope John Paul II 40 years ago, the liturgical feast of Our ...

Pope Francis was so ill at one point during his recent hospital stay that physicians considered halting treatment to allow him to die peacefully, the head of the medical team treating the ...

14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) FILE Pope John Paul II is pushed on his chair while passing priests and bishops during a procession in Lourdes, southwestern France, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004. (AP ...

SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — Pope John Paul II defeated French Settlement, 2-0 in the District 9-2A tournament championship game Friday night. These highlights were featured on WGNO’s Friday Night ...

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 ...

Peter’s Square. People gather near the statue of late Pope John Paul II, on the day Pope Francis is expected to make his first public appearance in five weeks ahead of his discharge from Gemelli ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991. These stations reflect deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion. Then Jesus came with them to a place ...