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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 ...

Then I watched the somewhat better, but hardly perfect, papacy of Pope John Paul II. I came to understand that the pope of my childhood, Pope Pius XII, was not a particularly good guy.

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PROVIDENCE – Joan Smith can still remember that specific feeling she had when she saw Pope John Paul II in New York City nearly 30 years ago. “When you see the Pope, you get a feeling in your ...

After the whirlwind of his election, Pope Leo XIV has decamped to Castel Gandolfo to escape the heat of Rome and enjoy a summer vacation, like many popes before him.

A smiling Pope John Paul II waves to the faithful from the balcony of his summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, in this small town overlooking Lake Albano, south of Rome, Sept. 4, 1983.

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