COMMENTARY: The Polish Pontiff gave the world one ‘Fall Classic’ after another. Pope John Paul II prays during the canonization of Saint Edith Stein - also known as Sister Teresa Benedicta of the ...

The death of a Pope is always a major marker in the life of the Catholic church worldwide. But John Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, says that the death of Pope John ...

There were plenty of tears shed on April 8, 2005, the day Pope St. John Paul II was laid to rest. Though I was only seven, I vividly remember my mother crying as we watched the funeral. We weren’t ...

Pope's miracles come from France and Costa Rica. April 25, 2014— -- Miracles from France and Costa Rica helped Pope John Paul II blaze the fastest path to sainthood in the history of the Catholic ...

The title character, an American priest asked by the Vatican to investigate the sanctification of the pontiff who was ...

A more ample understanding of what it means to be pro-life is actually among the numerous points that unite the last four ...

This detail is from the poster promoting the Nov. 20 “The Martyrs of La Florida: Lessons on the New Evangelization” program ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Catholic Church has engaged in some very public disputes with scientists, calling Galileo a heretic in the 17th century for suggesting the earth was not at the center of the universe. But Pope ...

In a new blow to the Church in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega has ordered the legal status of several institutions to be revoked, including that of John Paul II Catholic University. On ...