With the passing of Pope John Paul II, the world has lost a moral leader fervently committed to fighting the prejudice and hatred that led to the Holocaust. Karol Jozef Wojtyla was born and raised in ...

COMMENTARY: The quiet of Christmas Eve and the revelry of New Year’s marked a great moment of history with Pope St. John Paul ...

Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986, who becomes only the second Pope to visit Australia after Pope Paul VI's 1970 tour. On that time he was 66 years old, and had visited every state and ...

The Year of Our Lord 1962 was a year of American resolve, Russian orbiting, European union and Chinese war. In a tense yet hope-filled time, these were the events that dominated conversation and ...

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego, was named by Pope Francis on Jan. 6, 2025 as the ...

Pope John Paul II was set to visit Iraq in 1999 as part of a tour of the region’s major holy sites, but a diplomatic dispute between Iraq and the Holy See put an end to the plans.

The following pages highlight anniversaries of memorable events that occurred this week in Christian history. They include the death of John Emory, Pope John Paul II apologizing for the execution of ...

(RNS) — The pope’s appeal was made for the World Day of Peace, coinciding with the launch of the 2025 Jubilee year. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the year 2000, then-Pope John Paul II appealed to ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991. These stations reflect deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion. Then Jesus came with them to a place ...

The pope quoted St. John Paul II’s 1995 description of their founding vision, which called for “constant commitment to one’s own sanctification, a serious theological and professional ...

13 in the NJ.com Top 20, with two goals and one assist in its 6-2 win over No. 10 Pope John in West Orange. Harrison Kloss also had two goals for Seton Hall Prep, which led 2-0 after the first ...