A young worshiper holds a candle while Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass for a congregation of 375,000 in Denver's Cherry Creek State Park, as part of World Youth Day celebrations in August 1993.

On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment.

Pope John Paul II laughs during a gathering in St. Peter’s Square with tens of thousands of young people from Rome and the Lazio region, ahead of the 18th World Youth Day celebrations on Palm ...

Pope John Paul II visited twice, in 1984 and 1989. Leo XIV, formerly the Superior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, visited the country in 2002, 2005 and 2008 in that capacity.

Vatican City, Apr 2, 2025 / 04:00 am. 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 ...