VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis' convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II's life, highlighting the need to balance protecting his fragile health with keeping him in the public ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- During his long ... who served as St. John Paul’s personal secretary from 1966 until the pope’s death in 2005, greeted and thanked all those who were present.

During a routine Vatican press briefing the day before Pope John ... served as vice director of the Holy See Press Office 1995-2016 during the pontificates of John Paul, Benedict XVII and Francis.

File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI In 1932, aviator Charles Lindbergh left $50,000 in a New York City cemetery for ... In 2005, Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more ...

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) ...

AFP Vatican City: Pope Francis’s convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II’s life, highlighting the need to balance protecting his fragile health with keeping him ...