Pope John Paul II laughs during a gathering in St. Peter’s Square with tens of thousands of young people from Rome and the Lazio region, ahead of the 18th World Youth Day celebrations on Palm ...

COMMENTARY: The week’s liturgical calendar features saints who died defying unjust rulers — and feasts that point to the ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 27, 2025 / 05:00 am. On April 30, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Maria Faustina Kowalska and declared the second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday.

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. ... May 18 is normally the feast day of Pope St. John I, who was fervent in the faith.

Pope St. Paul VI succeeded Pope St. John XXIII in June 1963, reigning until Aug. 6, 1978. He was succeeded by Pope John Paul I. He was canonized in 2018. Why does his optional memorial fall on May 29?

On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment.

Today’s day and age needs more holy families — a need that Pope St. John Paul II keenly observed and made part of his pontificate. ... In a sermon given on St. Emeric’s feast day in 1972, ...

What We Mean by ‘Fear of the Lord’ – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Catholic Answers Magazine Magnificat: Enhance or Extol? – ...

On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II, head of the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century, died at his Vatican apartment.

Pope Leo escapes Rome’s summer heat to the nearby Castel Gandolfo - Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a ...

Raising a gift bouquet above the open top of his limousine, Pope John Paul II greets a crowd estimated at 70,000 at Providence of God Roman Catholic Church at 717 W. 18th St. on Oct. 5, 1979.

In 1984, Pope John Paul II met in Rome with 300,000 young people from all over the world in a meeting that laid the foundations for today’s World Youth Day. (photo: Gregorini Demetrio, CC BY-SA ...