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

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

1 Many maintain that in ... be focused on the Magisterium of John Paul II, without disregarding, of course, that of Paul VI. It is actually the current Pope, who, thanks to the developments ...

It is ironic that Jesus and His disciples were harassed by the Pharisees over the Sabbath (John 5:18 ... the Hebrew Sabbath (Isa. 1:13ff) In the New Testament, St. Paul writes: Therefore let ...

[The Didache 14:1; Early Christian Writings, (Penguin Classics, 1987) p. 197] This is the same advice as given by St. Paul ... food and nourishment. [Quote from: John Laux, Mass and the Sacraments ...

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 ...

The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, met Friday with Polish President Andrzej Duda on the 20th anniversary of the death of St. John Paul II — a meeting originally planned with the pope. The two ...

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

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 ...

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

“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 ...