For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract crucifix crafted by the ...

he is called the “Protoklete” or “First-Called” apostle. Pope Benedict commented: “He was truly a man of faith and hope; and one day he heard John the Baptist proclaiming Jesus as ‘the ...

This moment is more than just a formality; it’s a powerful symbol of transformation and ... The biblical roots of the name—most notably St. John the Apostle, the “beloved disciple ...

The other symbolically important moment of the Mass is the representational rite of obedience to Leo: Whereas in the past all cardinals would vow obedience to the new pope, more recent papal ...