Pope Francis's convalescence has revived memories of the painful end of John Paul II's life, highlighting the need to balance protecting his fragile health with keeping him in the public eye.

After the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, hundreds flocked to St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha to pay their respects. "It's kind of like closure. I guess like going to a funeral for a family member.

In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis prays in front of the tomb of Pope John Paul II, at the Vatican Tuesday, April 2, 2013.

While the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II has declared the Church's near total opposition to the death penalty. In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae ...

Such was the case in 2000, when John Paul beatified John XXIII, dubbed the "good pope," alongside Pope Pius IX, who was criticized by Jews for condoning the seizure of a Jewish boy and allegedly ...

Minutes from meeting Pope John Paul II in 1995, Justin Farinelli of Pasadena had one fear racing through his mind. “I didn’t want to drop the flowers,” he recalled last week with a laugh.

John Paul II loved India, in 1986 on his ten-day visit, the Pope travelled through the length and breadth of the country visiting Shillong, Ranchi, Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta ...

Since the exhibition's debut shortly after the pope's death in 2005, it has been continually booked in cities around the world including New York, Washington and, most recently, Baltimore.