Before last week, the highlight of recent Chicago history involving a pope dated back more than 45 years. Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in October 1979, about a year after he was elected. The ...

TIJUANA Pope John Paul II's visit to Mexico in 1979 helped define his pontificate, said this city's archbishop, Rafael Romo. "Seeing how the Mexican Catholic world turned out to the streets to see him ...

Massive crowds turned out for Pope Francis’ historic U.S. tour in 2015, with a group of Iowa Catholics traveling on Wednesday to Washington, D.C. for the pope’s arrival ceremony. “People were just so ...

April 2, 2005 — -- Pope John Paul II became a truly global figure, in part, because he knew how best to use the media -- whether it was television, radio or the Internet. In Poland, Mexico or ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, ...