The photograph taken in 1996 shows Gene Greytak, a man who impersonated Pope John Paul II. In July 2025, a photo circulated online that claimed to show Pope John Paul II playing baseball. The ...

Pope Leo XIV has extended his vacation at Castel Gandolfo by two days. How does he relax? And what have other popes done with ...

Pope Leo XIV has received a rock star's welcome at the Vatican’s festival of Catholic influencers. He met Tuesday with ...

It wasn’t until 1984 that President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II established full diplomatic ties.

Half a million young people are expected to pour into Rome next week for the biggest event of the 2025 Holy Year. The weeklong Jubilee celebration for young Catholics will sorely test their ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - A Costa Rican woman whose brain aneurysm reportedly disappeared after she prayed to Pope John Paul II broke down in tears Friday as she spoke publicly for the first time ...

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The Catholic Church is preparing to canonize Pier Giorgio Frassati — a 24-year-old Italian from Turin, Italy, who was a ...

Little John has the biggest win of his career. John Daly II, the son of two-time major champion John Daly, won the 2025 Southern Amateur on Saturday at Blessings Golf Club in Johnson, Arkansas.

Catholic teachers in Britain and Ireland need to be “models in life, models of faith,” according to Pope Leo XIV.

On Friday, Pope Leo XIV spoke to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, about the situation in the Gaza Strip, where on Thursday the ...

Following the Byzantine defeat at Manzikert, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos faced growing pressure from Turkish advances. In response, he turned to the West - and Pope Urban II answered with a call ...