In his 27 years as Pope, St. John Paul II canonized more saints than any of his predecessors and influenced civic leaders ...

The election of November 2020 comes 40 years to the near-exact date of the election of November 1980. It was an election of great consequence for the world, especially in a major battle confronted by ...

Mainz, West Germany, November 1980: Pope John Paul II hails the crowd of more than 200,000 people — an estimated 6,000 of them Americans — during a Mass in windy, rainy weather at the U.S. Army's ...

Monday, Oct. 16 marks 45 years to the day that Cardinal Pericles Felici announced that “Karol, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Wojtyla” had been elected pope. He was the first non-Italian since ...

St. John Paul II, who led the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, is one of the most compelling figures of the 20th century. Born more than 100 years ago on May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, ...

Mainz, West Germany, November 1980: Pope John Paul II hails the crowd of more than 200,000 people — an estimated 6,000 of them Americans — during a Mass in windy, rainy weather at the U.S. Army’s ...