Notable about Sgt. Pepper’s is that “A Day In the Life” (it frequently comes in at #1 in the holiday weekend playback of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, an Augustinian friar, has been shaped by deep interiority and the theology of longing and memory. He personally ...

Pope John Paul II, who was elected in Oct. 1978, was 58 years old when he was elected, and his predecessors, Pope John Paul I and Paul VI, were both 65 years of age.

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter three times, ‘Do you love me?’ — the same Gospel heard in ...

Mr. Luce is the U.S. national editor and a columnist at The Financial Times. In 1979, during John Paul II’s first visit to the United States as pope, he met with President Jimmy Carter at the ...

St. John Paul II is seen at the general audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 21, 1981. (photo: L'Osservatore Romano / Vatican Media ) Donald DeMarco Commentaries April 1, 2025 ...

As we mark the 20th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s death and birth into eternal life on April 2, it’s key to focus on the most important lessons of his life. His legacy is monumental ...

When asked if she could forgive Lennon’s killer, as Pope John Paul II had his attempted assassin, she said simply, “I’m not the pope.” This article discusses suicide.

St. John Paul II’s example as a strong bridge-builder between Catholicism and Judaism should be used against enduring antisemitism, especially in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel ...

St. John Paul II at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 21, 1981. (photo: LOR / Vatican Media ) Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Nation March 13, 2025 ...

John Paul came to the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica at 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The Great Jubilee 2000 would begin with his opening the door before midnight Mass.

John Paul II changed all this, dramatically, in 1983. The trial was replaced by an academic-historical process, in which the key document is a biography of the candidate, prepared according to ...