As the Jubilee of 2025 begins, the legacy of two great millennial Churchmen has prepared the Church for the “Greater Jubilee ...

John Paul the Great. Pope John Paul II, in an unprecedented midnight appearance in his apartment window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, blesses worshippers gathered in St. Peter’s Square to ...

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 ...

Pope Francis declares 2025 as a Jubilee year, themed 'Pilgrims of Hope,' focusing on forgiveness, reconciliation, and the plight of migrants.

Marked by solemn processions and prayers for hope in troubled times, Archbishop Bernard Hebda presided over two opening ...

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 ...

I thought I was done with this subject for a while. Two weeks ago, I wrote a scathing column denouncing Pope Francis for ...

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on December 12th. In 1999, Pope John Paul II, in his homily given during the Solemn Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, his third visit ...

In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve the debt of poor ... The Sistine Chapel was ...

Francis oversaw the opening of a special bronze-panelled "Holy Door" at St. Peter's, which is opened only during Jubilee ...

Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn Jesus, God today calls on the ...

John-Paul Himka is a professor in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta, Canada. He received a Ph.D. in history and a B.A. with high honors in Byzantine-Slavonic studies ...