On Sunday, May 18, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate ... the first being named a recent saint. St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland.

“To young people I say: Do not be afraid! Accept the invitation of the Church and Christ the Lord!” declared Pope Leo XIV to ...

Three Popes, Paul VI, John Paul II, and Francis, have visited Uganda, making it the only country in sub-Saharan Africa to ...

Mehmet Ali Ağca attempted to kill Pope John Paul II on this day in 1981 in St. Peter’s Square. Trump Suffers Blow Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Order Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar ...

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 we ...

The Uganda martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964, and their story continues to resonate across Africa.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington will host a Pilgrimage and Celebration of the Holy Jubilee 2025 on Saturday, May ...

In the hours after Pope Leo XIV’s election on May 8, speculation swirled: Would the first American pontiff be a sequel to Francis — or more along the lines of St. John Paul II or Benedict XVI?

On a beautiful October day in 1979 ... the same way John Paul was,” said retired Mundelein High School history teacher Bill Gorski. A 20-something Gorski saw Pope John Paul II celebrate Mass ...

Instead, Trump is planning a huge Washinton military parade around June 14, which is Flag Day as well as Trump ... Drinan served for 10 years before Pope John Paul II demanded that all priests ...

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 ...