At age 69, the new pope is the youngest elected since Pope John Paul II was elected at the age of 58 in 1978. The first Polish pope ruled the Catholic Church for more than 26 years until his death ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to be elected as the Holy ...

I recalled the open-air youth day Mass during Pope John Paul II’s visit to Peru in 1985, when I was 13 years old; it was so hot that day that the authorities sprayed water on us with hoses, as ...

In a moment reminiscent of Pope John Paul II's 1978 ... Leo XIV began his comments discussing the Catholic Church's World Day of ... An Italian youth group joined an estimated 100,000 ...

I recalled the open-air youth day Mass during Pope John Paul II’s visit to Peru in 1985, when I was 13 years old; it was so hot that day that the authorities sprayed water on us with hoses, as ...

In 1991, Pope John Paul II issued “Centesimus Annus,” or “100th Anniversary,” writing about devastating poverty in developing countries along with worldwide economic, cultural and ...

John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days in 1978 — was elected on the fourth ballot. His successor, John Paul II, needed eight. Francis was elected on the fifth in 2013.

A softly spoken and genteel person, Parolin would return the papacy to the Italians after three successive non-Italian popes — John Paul II of Poland, Benedict of Germany and Francis of Argentina.

(The Conversation) — Francis’ approach to Christian-Muslim dialogue differed notably from his predecessors, writes a scholar who studies interfaith dialogue.

Pope St. John Paul II began his pontificate with a triumphant visit to Mexico in January 1979. ... Pope Francis had already committed to visit Panama in 2019 for World Youth Day, ...

WYD, established by Pope John Paul II in 1985, is a triennial global Catholic youth gathering that draws tens of thousands of youths from across the world. The week-long program is a global ...

Each day between now and the May 7 conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, John Allen is offering a profile of a different papabile, the Italian term for a man who could be pope.There’s ...