In April 8, 2005, something happened in Rome that hadn’t happened for over 1,400 years: the congregation at a papal funeral Mass spontaneously proclaimed the deceased Pontiff a saint. The honoree was ...

Pope Francis also waived Vatican rules to canonize Pope John XXIII. LONDON, July 5, 2013 — -- He was the "Pilgrim Pope," the man who traveled the world inspiring a young generation of Catholics ...

During his 27-year pontificate, Pope John Paul II canonised so many people that some dubbed the Vatican "the saint factory".

GUATEMALA CITY -- Stopping often to catch his breath, an exhausted Pope John Paul II canonized Central America's first saint Tuesday and encouraged hundreds of thousands of cheering Guatemalans to ...

The big story this weekend was Pope Francis' elevation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II to sainthood. The "four-pope mass" was noteworthy not only because two popes (John XXIII and John Paul II) ...

St. Newman "contributed decisively to the renewal of theology and to the understanding of the development of Christian doctrine." ...