Beatified by Pope St. John Paul II in 1999, these 108 martyrs bore witness to Christ under Nazi and Communist persecution Zbigniew Kotyłło, “Capuchin Martyrs of the Concentration Camps,” 2018.

The pope's marble tombstone bears his name in Latin script, "Joannes Paulus PP. II," and is engraved with the dates of his pontificate, Oct. 16, 1978, to April 2, 2005.

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The Icelandic Parliament, the Alþingi, the world’s oldest parliament, is established. 1547: Champion of the Protestant Reformation, Philip I, ...

Wojciech Śmieja explores how Polish masculinity has shifted over time—from 19th-century ideals to socialist and post-1989 ...

Victor Mooney, a Catholic inspired by Pope Francis’ five-day pilgrimage to Poland, returned home June 16 after completing a nearly 700-mile cycling journey to raise awareness about antisemitism.

John Paul II — Our Soul Pope St. John Paul II was the first pope I ever knew, and I remember the way my grandmothers would speak of him with awe, almost as if he carried the divine on his shoulders.

St. Mary of the Assumption Parish included this photo commemorating the 1982 meeting of a newly ordained Robert Prevost and Pope John Paul II in its 1986 book marking its 100th anniversary.

Pope Leo XIV isn’t the first pope to speak out directly on American politics – there have been historical clashes between the Catholic Church and the government, although it is rare.

The new-deceased Mrs. Smith, whose parents were from Pope John Paul II's native Poland, said in that day's paper that she had met the pope at the Vatican in 1967, when the pope was still a cardinal.

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991. These stations reflect deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion. Then Jesus came with them to a place ...