In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio, CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

Despite the two decades since his death, John Paul still has a great deal to teach us about human dignity, God’s boundless ...

Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment.

Backcountry camping, white water rafting and rock climbing are key draws for campers at Camp Wojtyla, a Catholic camp in ...

In 1979, John Paul II was already planning his first trip as pope to the United States ... preaching, world travels, his World Youth Day initiative and publishing the Catechism of the Catholic ...

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2 ... “There was this big, quite large youth group who had been camping for the second day [in St. Peter’s Square].

St. John Paul II greets the crowd in Czestochowa during his 1979 trip to Poland. April 2, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of his death. (OSV News photo/Chris Niedenthal, CNS archive) ...

Church leaders in India marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II on Wednesday, paying tribute to the ...