Rumors began to circulate in June 1979 that Pope John Paul II might travel to Chicago, which was then home to 2.4 million Catholics making it the largest archdiocese in North America.

John Paul II On the C-SPAN Networks: John Paul II was a Pope for the Roman Catholic Church with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1979 Vignette.

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.

The new Mass, Pro Custodia Creationis (For the Care of Creation), was initially ordered by Pope Francis, who made the ...

CBS Chicago Vault: Coverage of Pope John Paul II's visit to Chicago in 1979 Before last week, the highlight of recent Chicago history involving a pope dated back more than 45 years. Pope John Paul ...

Pope John Paul II prays during Mass at Etchmiadzin, Armenia, on Sept. 27, 2001. (photo: Gabriel Bouys / AFP via Getty Images) ...

Karol Wojtyła’s (John Paul II’s) pontificate fell on the time of the anti-communist Solidarity movement, and the systemic transformation and the power of the Catholic Church in newly-free Poland.

Priests can now celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and ...

John Paul II’s Birthday, Leo XIV’s Inauguration: A Papal Coincidence Fascinating connections as we look ahead to the Inauguration Mass.

Fittingly, when John Paul II visited the Basilica of Esztergom, he celebrated Mass over the relics of the Hungarian Holy Family, since relics of Stephen, Gisela and Emeric rest together in the ...

Pope John Paul II has been buried in St Peter's Basilica after a funeral in Rome watched by tens of thousands of people, including 200 world leaders. The vast crowd of pilgrims packed St Peter's ...

From Falmouth and Orleans and other Cape towns they commute to Hyannis to play for St. John Paul II, where coach Michael Young has the only undefeated team remaining in Eastern Mass.