COMMENTARY: Starting with Pope St. John Paul II and World Youth Day, recent popes have had their pontificates ‘baptized’ by ...

An open-air sanctuary On those days in August 2000, St. John Paul II was physically weak, but he created a lasting bond with the young people, visible in every gesture he made and every word he spoke.

Pope Leo XIV made a private visit Tuesday to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mentorella, Mother of Graces, near Rome.

John Paul II led more than a billion Catholics for 27 years and revolutionized how the church's followers relate to the pope. He traveled to more than 125 countries, logging 680,000 miles of travel.

Twenty years after the death of John Paul II on April 2, 2005, it’s too early to declare St. John Paul II a doctor of the Church. It’s not too soon, however, to imagine why such an honor might ...

Pope John Paul II raises his arms in greeting after his speech at Chapel of St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland, Oct. 1, 1979. (Chuck Fishman/Getty Images) ...

Pope Francis' death, nearly 20 years after John Paul II's, marked the end of two distinct yet similar papacies. Fox News' Greg Palkot reflects on covering the two pontiffs.

Pope John Paul II arrived in the U.S. on Monday, Oct. 1, 1979 — touching down in Boston, and stopping in New York, Philadelphia, and Des Moines before arriving in Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 4.

Parsing Pope John Paul II’s ‘Feminine Genius’ Steeped in the Christian tradition, the pontiff taught that men and women are different to their core, revealing something about God himself.