St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his papacy and personal mission. Pope John Paul II laughs during a gat ...

“Be not afraid.” When Pope John Paul II uttered those words in 1979, they resonated far beyond his native Warsaw, Poland. His proclamation was not simply spiritual guidance, but a principled ...

As for Pope Francis, he was preceded by Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) and Pope Benedict XVI (2005-13). The conclave filled by those two “conservative” popes selected the “liberal” Francis.

Pope John Paul II installed Francis as Cardinal, then known as Jorge Bergoglio, in 2001. Then-Cardinal Bergoglio attended John Paul II’s funeral in 2005. John Paul II was well known for ...

All with a personal, humble and humorous touch. And at the same time, in my mind, there were memories of the passing of Pope John Paul II. I was there in Vatican City on a chilly night in April ...

That being so, in 1998, Rolling Stone gave Buffett a press pass so he could go see and cover Pope John Paul II’s historic visit to Cuba. Random, yes, of course. However, the best stories ...

The degree of commemoration and memorialisation by the Government and the State appears to fall somewhat short of the last funeral of a sitting pope, that of John Paul II in 2005. Then-taoiseach ...

After the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, hundreds flocked to St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha to pay their respects."It's kind of like closure. I guess like going to a funeral for a family member.

Amid the Cold War in 1982 – just years before the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 – President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II met at the Vatican.

Comparing Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland in 2018 with Pope John Paul II’s in 1979, then-British Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Campbell, himself a man born and reared in Ireland ...

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 ...

Gary Stern of The Journal News/lohud covered Pope John Paul II's funeral and witnessed the global impact of the event. There's a saying when a pope dies: "The pope is dead, long live the pope." ...