In 1979, John Paul II was already planning his first trip as pope to the United States when he received a two-page handwritten letter from Iowa farmer Joe Hays inviting him to visit America’s ...

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SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — Pope John Paul II defeated French Settlement, 2-0 in the District 9-2A tournament championship game Friday night. These highlights were featured on WGNO’s Friday Night ...

An independent agency found no evidence of a cover-up by the police department in Canton, Massachusetts, in the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe as part of an audit into the department ...

Iowa joins neighbor Minnesota with a hand-free cell phone law. Karl Knutson from the Twin Cities area said he’s used to this hands-free law. “That’s how we’ve always driven, it’s what we’re used to,” ...

News of the demise of Pope John Paul II plunged the Holy Land into grief with black flags in the traditional birthplace of Christ expected to usher in an official mourning period. Bells tolled at ...

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world ... the 20th anniversary of the late Polish pope’s death. Hundreds of faithful ...

POZNAN, Poland (OSV News) -- As the 20th anniversary of St. John Paul II's death approached ... when he was about to meet the pope for the first time in 1981, John Paul was an hour late to that ...

Ottawa, ON – The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, released the following statement on Pope John Paul II Day: “Today, Catholics and Canadians of many faiths remember a ...

Yet the Polish pontiff had a close group around him, which is not the case with Pope Francis, “who has always been suspicious”, the source noted. Another difference is that Pope John Paul II ...