I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I ...

April 25, 2014— -- Miracles from France and Costa Rica helped Pope John Paul II blaze the fastest path to sainthood in the history of the Catholic church. While some wait decades -- even ...

John Paul II is the only pope ever to have engaged in the modern give-and-take press conference, but there was only one place he would do it -- at 35,000 feet, flying between countries.

Leo XIV Is the Youngest Pope Since John Paul II. Story by Statista • 1w. A ged 69, Pope Leo XIV is younger that his two predecessors, bucking the trend of newly elected popes becoming older.

John Paul II led more than a billion Catholics for 27 years and revolutionized how the church's followers relate to the pope. He traveled to more than 125 countries, logging 680,000 miles of travel.

Pope John Paul II arrived in the U.S. on Monday, Oct. 1, 1979 — touching down in Boston, and stopping in New York, Philadelphia, and Des Moines before arriving in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 4.

Pope Leo XIV, in one of his first personnel appointments, on Monday named Cardinal Baldassare Reina grand chancellor of the Pontifical Theological Institute John Paul II for Marriage and the ...