But he won’t be the first pope to set foot on the South Pacific island nation — Pope John Paul II visited the island twice, in 1984 and 1995. Papua New Guinea (PNG), situated on the eastern ...

John Paul II was dismayed and from Rome was unable to fully direct the actions of the Polish Church. The crisis was the first step in a robust collaboration. Reagan contacted the Pope several ...

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It was a day many Winnipeggers will never forget -- on Sept. 16 1984, Pope John Paul II became the first and only pope ever to visit Winnipeg. Forty years ago, the pontiff was met by local ...

There was plenty for Father Ryan to celebrate Friday night. It started with Father Ryan launching the celebration of its 100th year as a school followed by a halftime celebration of the 50th ...

Sr Theresa Kane, a Roman Catholic nun who called on her fellow sisters to push for ordination, and who led by example when, while introducing Pope John Paul II during his 1979 visit to the United ...

The weathered scarf commemorated the epochal visit of Pope John Paul II here to Dili in 1989 in the midst of East Timor's fierce quarter-century struggle for independence after declaring ...

Francis, speaking to followers at Singapore's National Stadium quoted Pope John Paul II on the need to have respect for all people "regardless of their race, belief" or whatever makes them different.

“Truth-speaking about women’s desire for full inclusion in the Church; and truth-speaking to Church leaders like Pope John Paul II.” “Straightforward and bold as Theresa was ...

They turned out in droves to welcome the first pope to visit them since their independence in 2002, on the same field where St. John Paul II prayed in 1989 during the nation’s fight to separate ...

“It’s a dream of all Catholics to meet the pope. Because it’s just like he’s next to God,” Reyes, 52, said. “This is a once in a lifetime story that I can pass to my grandchildren th ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a ...