Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives ...

COMMENTARY: Looking at Pope St. John Paul II’s legacy in historical context underscores why so many people call him ‘John Paul the Great.’ ...

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

Mario Enzler is a senior adviser to the president of The Heritage Foundation and the author of “I Served a Saint.” St. Pope John Paul II passed away 20 years ago this April 2. Serving him ...

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.

Pope Francis has spent 18 full days at Rome’s Gemelli hospital recovering from double pneumonia. It’s by far the longest ...

Pope Francis’ hospitalization, which hits 18 nights Tuesday (March 4, 2025), is by no means reaching the papal record that was set during St. John Paul II’s numerous lengthy hospitalizations ...

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 ...

Twenty years ago, as Pope St. John Paul II entered the last weeks of his life, I wrote that a papal “deathwatch” — as some inelegantly styled it — was really a “lifewatch.” John Paul ...

Pope Francis' 17-night hospitalization is by no means reaching the papal record that was set during St. John Paul II’s numerous lengthy hospitalizations over a quarter century. The longest ...