SLIDELL (WGNO) — No. 3 Pope John Paul II defeated No. 6 Episcopal, 6-1, in game two of their Division III Select series Friday night. The Jags won a state championship that year. Highlights of ...

In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI was elected after four ballots. In 1978, Pope John Paul II was elected over two days after eight ballots. Vatican watcher John Allen, the editor of the Catholic news ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Pope Francis died last month after serving for 12 years but one of the longest serving popes was John Paul II. His reign lasted 26 years, and during that time FOX 12’s Joe V.

For the first time since the death of John Paul I in 1978, it could happen. Pietro Parolin, a cardinal and longtime Vatican diplomat, is among the top contenders to succeed Pope Francis ...

The treatise was written by Benedict while he was still a cardinal under Pope John Paul II. John Paul endorsed Benedict's message, and he also explicitly denounced legal recognition for same-sex ...

Police are investigating after a man was shot and seriously injured early Saturday morning. The man later died at an area hospital. Portland's Cinco de Mayo festivities went on as planned this ...

Allen in the National Catholic Reporter in a prelude to a list of potential candidates to replace Pope John Paul II in 2005. As if to prove his point, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, who greeted the wo ...

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he was ordained in 1975 and appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1998 as bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota. Pope Benedict XVI transferred him in 2010 to Spokane, Washington.

VATICAN CITY — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave starting Wednesday to elect a successor to ...

For most of the past century, it has taken between three and eight ballots to find a pope. John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days — was elected on the third ballot in 1978. His ...

Being Pope is no ordinary job and the CV requirements are utterly unique. Looking at the past three Popes – Francis (2013-2025), Benedict XVI (2005-2013) and John Paul II (1978-2005 ...

In August 1978, Blessed Pope John Paul I did something new by combining two names for his regnal name — a choice immediately echoed by his successor, John Paul II, just 51 days later.