The Polish pope, canonized by Francis in 2014, demonstrated throughout his life that faith and peaceful resistance could ...

Wojtyla took the name Pope John Paul II, having succeeded John ... the single greatest threat to their position.” The assassination attempt failed. The Polish pope continued to send tremors ...

Reagan went so far as to call Pope John Paul II his “best friend,” opining that no one knew his soul better than the Polish pontiff who had also suffered an assassination attempt and carried ...

Earlier this month Ann Hays recounted the story about how her husband, Joe Hays, sent a letter that miraculously convinced Pope John Paul II to visit Iowa. Learn more ...

who became Pope John Paul II. Cary Elwes portrays Wojtyla as a younger man; Jon Voight plays him in his later years. The story begins with the failed 1981 assassination attempt on the pontiff's life.

John Paul II, who led the Catholic Church from 1978 ... He survived a brutal assassination attempt in 1981, crediting Mary’s intercession for his survival and extending forgiveness to his ...

The minute Roger and Arenda Maxwell saw the news they knew they had to take their young family to see Pope John Paul the ...

This followed a 1981 assassination attempt in St Peter’s Square ... On his visit to us in 1982, Pope Jean Paul II was ferried ...

Overall, Francis has visited 15 prisons so far during his papacy, most in Italy but a handful abroad, including the sprawling Palmasola prison in Bolivia during his trip to the country in July 2015.

Pope John Paul II's visit to a small, rural Iowa church ...

Rivalry games usually come down to a single defining moment, and that was the case as Northlake Christian hosted undefeated Pope John Paul II on Oct ... on the 2-point attempt for an 11-0 lead.

Harris campaign plans to visit all seven battleground states while Trump campaign is leaning on allies to help rally support ...