Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

Pope Leo XIV, an Augustinian friar, has been shaped by deep interiority and the theology of longing and memory. He personally ...

Twenty years after the death of John Paul II on April 2, 2005, it’s too early to declare St. John Paul II a doctor of the Church. It’s not too soon, however, to imagine why such an honor might ...

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate ...

Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are among the elected bishops of Rome who have led the Catholic Church over the past century.

On an October day in 1979, Pope John Paul II visited a small rural Catholic Church.It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for 200 local parishioners, an event that started with a letter from ...

Pope John Paul II during Mass at a farm in rural Iowa, on Oct. 4, 1979, during his first visit to the United States. ... POPE JOHN PAUL II OF POLAND IS ELECTED HEAD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH.

"Pope Francis continued the recent tradition of previous popes, including from St. John Paul II, by escalating Catholic opposition to modern-day use of the death penalty," Charles Camosy ...

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Pope John Paul II (formerly known as Karol Wojtyla) was the first non-Italian leader of the Catholic Church in almost half a century. Born in Poland in 1920 but not ordained a priest until after ...

Opinion: I'm tired of being mocked and hated because I'm a conservative woman Pope John Paul II addressed women's mission of service. Being a Christian, as it turns out, is not about power and ...