In his seven visits to America during his papacy, St. John Paul II often shared his mastery of the nation's foundational ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV has chosen, with discretion, to end the failed outreach of Pope Benedict XVI to the SSPX.

COMMENTARY: John Paul explicitly attributed his survival of the shooting to the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima. Pope Leo XIV touches the plaque marking the spot in St. Peter’s Square where St.

Twenty-one years have passed since that April 2 in 2005 when, at 9:37 p.m., Pope John Paul II returned to the Father’s House. It’s been 21 years since the end of one of the longest pontificates in the ...

Angelo Gugel, private attendant to three popes, holds Pope John Paul II as he lies injured in his jeep in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981, after being shot by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca. Gugel, ...

In the service of the People of God, St. John Paul II was the Pope of the family. Throughout his life, he incessantly pointed out to the Church and to society the need to protect and promote the ...

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: John Paul II in Papua, Indonesia in January,1995. (Photo by Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) In April 8, 2005, something happened in Rome that hadn’t happened ...

ANNIVERSARY OF KCCI ON THE AIR, AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, WE’RE REMEMBERING SOME OF THE MOST MAGICAL MOMENTS. THAT INCLUDES A SPECIAL VISIT FROM POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND, WHO CAME TO IOWA BACK ...

Ever since the installation of Angelo Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker. John XXIII declared ...

Behind the closed doors of the Vatican Library, two of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century met face to face for the first time. They came from opposite ends of the world — President ...