He often invoked the spirit of Nostra Aetate, promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1965 as part of Vatican II, which repudiated ... outside Europe in more than a millennium. He inherited a church ...

The Rosary of the Virgin Mary, which gradually took form in the second millennium under the guidance ... Blessed John XXIII 4 and above all Pope Paul VI, who in his Apostolic Exhortation Marialis ...

He often invoked the spirit of Nostra Aetate, promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1965 as part of Vatican II, which repudiated centuries of ... first pope to come from outside Europe in more than a ...

John Paul II was 58 when he was elected pope in 1978. The youngest in the past 600 years was Leo X, who was just 38 when elected in 1513. Since 1900, 67 is the average age of popes when they are ...

He was elevated to the College of Cardinals in 2001 by Pope John Paul II, whom he would later canonize. Pope Francis was the first Jesuit to be elected pope. A Jesuit is a member of the Society of ...

and John Paul II. Only cardinals under 80 years old can vote for the election of a new pope. On the day chosen by the cardinals, the coffin will be brought in a procession to St. Peter’s Basilica.

The last images of such traditional rites remain those from 2023, following the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, ten years after his resignation, and from the 2005 funeral of John Paul II.

(RNS) — Ordinary Catholics saw Pope Francis as a compassionate pastor who cared about people, especially the poor and the marginalized. (RNS) — The whole world is mourning the death of Pope ...

In choosing bishops for America, he did not follow the pattern of Pope John Paul II. “Francis’ top priority is ‘Is he pastoral? Is he concerned about the poor,’ “ wrote Rev. Thomas Reese ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

They said it was important so I said, ‘who the f*** is it?' "They said it was The Pope, John Paul II." In hilarious fashion, Gascoigne let his thick Geordie accent loose when answering the phone ...