COMMENTARY: John Paul explicitly attributed his survival of the shooting to the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima. Pope Leo XIV touches the plaque marking the spot in St. Peter’s Square where St.

The soggy crowds at the pope’s Mass at Tamiami Park in 1987. Carol Guzy Miami Herald File Lightning shook the skies, rain pelted the earth. But Pope John Paul II, preaching under an umbrella, wanted ...

Father Karol Wojtyła led wilderness excursions for youth to learn about the faith. He used the quiet setting for prayer and discussion, which the center hopes to reflect.

Twenty-one years have passed since that April 2 in 2005 when, at 9:37 p.m., Pope John Paul II returned to the Father’s House. It’s been 21 years since the end of one of the longest pontificates in the ...

On May 13, 1981, the world was shocked by an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square. As the Pope moved through a crowd of approximately 20,000 pilgrims in his open-air ...

Angelo Gugel, private attendant to three popes, holds Pope John Paul II as he lies injured in his jeep in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981, after being shot by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca. Gugel, ...

In the service of the People of God, St. John Paul II was the Pope of the family. Throughout his life, he incessantly pointed out to the Church and to society the need to protect and promote the ...

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: John Paul II in Papua, Indonesia in January,1995. (Photo by Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) In April 8, 2005, something happened in Rome that hadn’t happened ...

Ever since the installation of Angelo Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker. John XXIII declared ...

Bertrand Bonnelo’s newest thriller, headlined by Mark Ruffalo of ‘Avengers’ stardom, about Pope John II, will feature ...