VATICAN CITY (CNS) – During his second week back at the Vatican after a long hospitalization, Pope Francis continued to ...

Cardinals, priests, nuns and Italian and Polish civil authorities marked the 20th anniversary of the death of St.

During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his ...

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives ...

John Paul II had an appendectomy in October of 1996, but would not be hospitalized again until February of 2005, even though ...

Pope Francis's convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II's life, highlighting the need to balance ...

The cardinal was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults and ...

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

Journalists and Vatican officials who have covered multiple pontificates describe the challenges, secrecy and unprecedented ...

A living legend of the Vatican’s press corps, Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki, has said Pope Francis is a keen ...

April 2 is when some of the most important events in the world took place. Firstly, Pope John Paul II passed away at the age ...

A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed ...