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 ...

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… ...

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.

Is compromise possible that can respect both unity and diversity in the church? After the Second Vatican Council, the liturgy was translated from Latin into the vernacular so ordinary people could ...

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.

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.