Wednesday, 2 April, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of Saint Pope John Paul II's departure to the House of the Father at the age of 84, after carrying the cross of a terrible Parkinson disease ...

one can search in vain through the interventions of the Holy See - those of Pius V, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV - for ... In 1839, Pope Gregory XVI issued a Bull, entitled In Supremo.

On 2 April 2005, at 9:37 p.m., Pope John Paul II passed away at the age of 84, marking the conclusion of the pontificate of ...

RELIGION is complicated for Pádraig Ó Tuama. “Sometimes, I try to object to the idea of being a religious poet, and then I ...

The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

Born in Argentina, he succeeded the German Pope Benedict XVI in March 2013. Local journalism is essential. Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series ...

investigated writings and compiled the lists of banned readings approved by the pope. Catholics who read titles on the Index of Forbidden Books risked excommunication. Historian J.M de Bujanda has ...

Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow for the victims of the devastating wildfires in South Korea, which killed 28 people and forced tens of thousands to evacuate. In a message sent on the pope ...

Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave an extraordinary urbi ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for ...

Pope Francis continues to be in stable condition and has registered improvements in both breathing and speech, the Vatican said on March 28, the sixth day of the “at least two-month” period of ...

According to the newspaper The Australian, Fisher said at a book event on March 26 that he ... Pell was an inaugural member of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals, a group of originally nine ...