World Mission Sunday occupied a special place in the life of St. John Paul the Great, whose 20th anniversary of death fell ...

A Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated Sunday (Oct. 26) in honor of the 25th anniversary of St. John Paul II School at Our ...

On Sunday, May 18, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the Mass of inauguration of his Petrine ministry in St. Peter’s Square. Surprisingly, this date connects with several other popes — the first being named ...

The soggy crowds at the pope’s Mass at Tamiami Park in 1987. Carol Guzy Miami Herald File Lightning shook the skies, rain pelted the earth. But Pope John Paul II, preaching under an umbrella, wanted ...

Three Catholic school educators received the St. John Paul II Award for 25 years of dedicated service during the Diocesan ...

Tens of thousands of East Timorese streamed Tuesday toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass, held on the same field where St. John Paul II celebrated a historic liturgy during the nation’s ...

Today, the world learned the identity of the new leader of the Catholic Church — Leo XIV. Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, became the first American pope. Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of ...

SAN ANTONIO — Pope John Paul II made history when he visited San Antonio, Texas, on Sept. 13, 1987, as part of his nine-city tour of the United States. It was the first and only time a pope visited ...

Three long-time educators in the Diocese of Scranton Catholic School System were recognized with the Saint John Paul II Award during the recent Diocesan Teachers’ Institute Mass.

In April 8, 2005, something happened in Rome that hadn’t happened for over 1,400 years: the congregation at a papal funeral Mass spontaneously proclaimed the deceased Pontiff a saint. The honoree was ...