Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, at age 84. The Polish-born pontiff had the third-longest papal reign in history and the second-longest of the modern era.

Pope John Paul II during Mass at a farm in rural Iowa, on Oct. 4, 1979, during his first visit to the United States. (Wally McNamee/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) ...

George Weigel, the author of a new biography of Pope John Paul II, will talk about the pope during a lecture at Loyola University Chicago.Weigel has been studying the pope since shortly after his ...

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.

In 1994, when Time magazine named Pope John Paul II “Man of the Year,” a small group of its editors and correspondents flew to Rome to meet and honor him. After a private audience, Thomas ...

John Paul II’s ‘reader’s guide’ The major documents of the Second Vatican Council are an excellent way to grasp the event. Here’s how John Paul II’s Feb. 27, 2000, address summarizes them: ...

By Dr. Zekeh S. Gbotokuma FOR THE 1 BILLION+ ROMAN CATHOLICS, OCTOBER 22 IS SAINT JOHN PAUL II’S FEAST. Forty-four years ago on October 16, 1978, a historic event took place in the Roman ...

According to St. John Paul II’s official biographer, George Weigel, living in Nazi-occupied Poland was “the most formative experience of Karol Wojtyla’s life,” shaping the future pope’s ...

John Paul II wrote in his ecclesial game plan for the third Christian millennium, Novo Millennio Ineunte (2001), that the Church is essentially a vocational school meant to train people to become ...

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.