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 ...

Pope John Paul II waves to the cheering crowd on June 10, 1987, prior to a Mass in Krakow during his visit to Poland. (photo: ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP via Getty Images) ...

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 ...

In “John Paul II, the Feminist Pope” (Houses of Worship, March 14) Erika Bachiochi reduces the pontiff’s teaching to sound bites about abstract “equality” so that it conforms to the ...

The pope in those days was John Paul II, who had the looks of a leading man and the gait of a star athlete when he was elected and kept them both for well over a decade. John Paul II had an ...

After the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, hundreds flocked to St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha to pay their respects."It's kind of like closure. I guess like going to a funeral for a family member.

Pope John Paul II senior Mady Hill always knew she wanted to be a Division I swimmer one day. Mission accomplished. Hill signed to swim with Indiana University — Indianapolis on March 27.

Gotti died in prison in 2002. In 2005, Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment. The 84-year-old pontiff had urinary and ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Holy Cross Tigers defeated the Pope John Paul II Jaguars, 11-3, on the final day of the high school baseball regular season. Roux Guerra led the Tigers’ hit parade ...

During a routine Vatican press briefing the day before Pope John Paul II died, the usually composed director of the Holy See Press Office was overcome with emotion. When a German journalist asked ...

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