Br. Mark O’Connor, FMS has travelled the world in search of grace. As he marks 40 years of the Hélder Câmara Lectures, his ...

The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.

The tiny, but vocal group of Catholics trying to perpetuate the Tridentine Rite are pressuring Pope Leo to stop phasing out ...

John Paul II had been to Chicago before too, having visited Chicago's Polish neighborhoods as Cardinal Karol Józef Wojtyła in 1969 and 1976. But no pope had visited Chicago while in office before.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin presides at Mass marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II. During his homily, he commemorates the legacy of a pontiff who profoundly shaped the Church ...

Reflecting on Pope John Paul II’s final moments two decades ago, Cardinal Pietro Parolin recalled the powerful images of the Pope embracing the cross during the Via Crucis, his silent Easter Sunday ...

Church leaders in India marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II on Wednesday, paying tribute to the saint who ruled the Church for 26 years.

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives on in the hearts and memories of the many people who still feel ...

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

Ratzinger's selection showed that the 115 cardinal electors were seeking a transitional figure who probably won't shape the church to the extent that John Paul II did in his 26-year reign.

Pope Francis has spent 19 full days at Rome's Gemelli hospital, however, it doesn't come close to approaching the record-long stays of St. John Paul II during his quarter-century pontificate.