In “John Paul II, the Feminist Pope” (Houses of Worship, March 14) Erika Bachiochi reduces the pontiff’s teaching to sound bites about abstract “equality” so that it conforms to the ...

The Rev. Enrico Bortolaso, who led a group of pilgrims from northern Veneto, offered prayers near a statue of Pope John Paul II outside of the hospital. He said they made Gemelli their first stop.

The Catholic Church has not had a pope die in office since 2005, when Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84 after one of the longest pontificates in history. Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected ...

The event originated in Argentina, and St. John Paul II played a fundamental role in its establishment. The story has its beginnings on Nov. 13, 1998, when the pilgrim pope received the then ...

“The idea for MaterCare was inspired by Pope John Paul II, who personally asked Dr. Walley to create an organization that would address the growing crisis of maternal mortality and health care ...

“We have to get out of an overly functionalist mind-set.” Much the same was said two decades ago of Pope John Paul II as he deteriorated in public view, his body hunched and ...

Faithfuls pray in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the entrance to the Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is hospitalized, Rome, Italy, Mar. 3, 2025. Riccardo Antimiani/EPA-EFE ...

Pope Francis returns to Vatican after hospitalization for double pneumonia, making a surprise stop at his favorite basilica.

A nun attends a rosary prayer for Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, March 10, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen ROME – An old saying about the Vatican holds ...

A person stands next to the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, March 4, 2025. Yara Nardi/Reuters According to ...

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis replaced Pope Francis in Ash Wednesday celebrations. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory ...