Pope John Paul II’s nearly 3-hour Mass in Grant Park supposedly attracted 500,000 to 1.5 million people. One Tribune reporter wondered if the park could host a crowd nearly half as large as the ...

John Paul II also gave Communion to 150 people chosen from the six Vicarates of the Chicago Archdiocese, ... Pope John Paul II gives mass in Grant Park on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1979.

April 8, 2005 Funeral Mass for Pope John Paul II. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany led a traditional liturgical funeral mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square at… ...

Pope John Paul II prays during Mass at Etchmiadzin, Armenia, on Sept. 27, 2001. (photo: Gabriel Bouys / AFP via Getty Images) Father Raymond J. de Souza Commentaries May 3, 2025.

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 ...

St. John Paul II’s birthday is May 18; he was born on this day in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. When he was elected to the papacy in 1978, he became the first non-Italian to be elected as the Holy ...