The two hikers wanted to commemorate the anniversary of the death of a Polish pope by illegally lighting up a huge steel cross ...

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

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European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986 ... His arrival attracted a large crowd of people around the nation, including more than 200,000 at an open air Mass at Sydney’s Randwick Racecourse. When ...

“This day carries special meaning, as it precedes the Day of the Sanctity of Life,” said Father Mirosław Kalinowski, rector of the John Paul ... Pope Francis The Catholic Church in Poland ...

The Argentinian pope is entering his fourth week of convalescence during which doctors have advised him to avoid crowds.

Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN News Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, vice dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the Mass as the pope’s delegate and read the Holy Father’s written homily ...

Image: The Pope's arrival at the end of the mass. Pic: AP In his traditional Sunday blessing, which has been delivered in text form since his hospitalisation in mid-February, he said: "At this ...

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a ...