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

Steeped in the Christian tradition, the pontiff taught that men and women are different to their core, revealing something ...

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

Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about showing weakness.

This way, he can be available to the press to help the pope.” Benedict XVI, who was elected after John Paul II’s death in 2005, had a different approach, Alazraki said, saying he “didn’t ...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Warsaw and other cities in Poland on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the death of John Paul II 18 years ago and honour the legacy of the Polish-born pope, ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Before concluding, Benedict XVI announced that, just as at the beginning of his pontificate John Paul II had continued the reflections on Christian virtues begun by Pope John Paul I, in coming ...