Pope John Paul II with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger during his papal inauguration Oct. 22, 1978, in Vatican City.The pope emeritus wrote a letter to the Polish bishops for the centennial of the birth ...

Pope John Paul II visits the Fatima Shrine in Portugal on May 13, 2000. (photo: L’Osservatore Romano; Vatican Media/National Catholic Register) Father Raymond J. de Souza Vatican May 15, 2020.

Blood stolen from church in Italy%27s Abruzzo region; Only three known relics with John Paul II%27s blood; Some of his blood was saved after assassination attempt in 1981 ...

As pope, John Paul II beatified more people than the total of all other popes since the 15th century reign of Pope Sixtus VI, leading some critics to speculate that he was rapidly pushed to sainthood.

John Paul II Celebrates 25 Years as Pope. By ABC News. October 10, 2003, 2:17 PM. V A T I C A N   C I T Y, Oct. 14 -- Over his 25-year reign, Pope John Paul II has likely accomplished more ...

Five Holy Martyrs has ties to Pope John Paul II, who the Vatican says will be a saint by the end of the year. Parishioners at the mainly Polish church said they're proud of the late pontiff. Jul 7 ...

Busy Philipps revealed on 'The View' that she had once been "blessed" by Pope John Paul II when she was having a religious crisis after getting an abortion at 15.

Pope Francis proclaimed as saints Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII, considered two of the great popes of the 20th century, in an elaborate ceremony concelebrated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ...

Pope Benedict XVI beatified his predecessor, John Paul II, before a crowd of 1.5 million to honor one of Roman Catholicism's most celebrated figures, in a ceremony that gave the controversy-laden ...

John Paul I's brief tenure of 33 days as pope in 1978 spawned conspiracy theories that he did not die naturally in his bed, as the Vatican said. Some wondered if he had information about a scandal ...

Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, at age 84. The Polish-born pontiff had the third-longest papal reign in history and the second-longest of the modern era.