COMMENTARY: Twenty years after the death of John Paul II, it’s too early to declare him a doctor of the Church. It’s not too soon, however, to imagine why such an honor might be bestowed on him in the ...

Pope Francis, 88, was recently diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, and as concerned Catholics around the world pray for the Holy Father, the Vatican revealed last week that he will remain hospitalized ...

COMMENTARY: John Paul was the Church’s teacher of jubilees, drawing upon his experience in Poland. Pope John Paul II and the head of the Catholic church in Poland Cardinal-Archbishop Stefan Wyszynski ...

In the 1970s, you were more likely to have a spaceship piloted by an extraterrestrial land in your backyard than the leader of the Catholic Church. The era of regular papal travel had not yet begun, ...

Church leaders and scholars will gather in Poland next week to explore the “natural law legacy” of St. John Paul II. Keynote speakers at the May 18-19 event co-hosted by Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński ...

April 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1513, Ponce De Leon of Spain landed at what is now St. Augustine, Fla., to search for the Fountain of Youth. In 1792, Congress passed legislation ...

Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Archbishop John Rodrigues of Bombay pray in front of a statue of John Paul II at Holy Name Cathedral Mumbai, India. (Credit: Archdiocese of Bombay.) Listen MUMBAI, India – ...