The Jamaican-born, London-raised photographer Dennis Morris is best known for his portraits of Bob Marley: a teenaged Morris, then a Hackney schoolkid, first ...

John Paul II, now St. John Paul II, had just been elected, a youngish Polish Pope emerging at the same time as Lech Walesa’s Polish trade union, Solidarity. “There was this electric feel ...

John Paul II — Our Soul Pope St. John Paul II was the first pope I ever knew, and I remember the way my grandmothers would speak of him with awe, almost as if he carried the divine on his shoulders.

The last four popes of the Catholic Church — John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and our new pope, Leo XIV — had hardworking fathers who instilled in each of their sons important traits and ...

Pope Leo Removes Vatican ‘Rape Art’ Under Pope Francis, Father Rupnik was reportedly protected, despite public outcry. Under Pope Leo, that has apparently ended. by Paul Kengor June 14, 2025 ...

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took ...

The pallium has six black silk crosses, and dates back to the fifth century. However, Pope St. John Paul II mandated they be instituted by the pontiff himself.

On Religion: For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract crucifix.

When St. Pope John Paul II urged the world to “be not afraid” in his inaugural homily in 1978, it was more than spiritual advice.

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker. Will Leo continue the pattern?

The Tribune asked Vatican City tourists from around the globe what they think about Chicago — and whether Pope Leo might change their opinion.

The odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, long a loyal servant of Pope John Paul II and dean of the college of cardinals, stepped onto the balcony ...