UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: John Paul II in Papua, Indonesia in January,1995. (Photo by Francois LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) In April 8, 2005, something happened in Rome that hadn’t happened ...

The Vatican announced on Friday, July 5 that the Roman Catholic Church will declare the late Pope John Paul II a saint. Pope John Paul II served as the head of the Catholic Church from October 1978 up ...

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday attributed a miracle to the late Pope John Paul II, which moves the former pontiff one step closer to sainthood. Benedict declared that the cure of a French nun who ...

Pope Francis made history on Sunday, elevating to sainthood John XXIII and John Paul II, two of his most famous papal predecessors, in a ceremony bearing themes of hope and reconciliation for the ...

The Catholic Church will elevate two popes to sainthood in a historic canonization ceremony in Vatican Square. In downtown Los Angeles, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels planned to hold a ...

VATICAN CITY, April 8 -- -- The fervor that mourners showed during the viewing of the body of Pope John Paul II this week and the calls for his immediate sainthood are old hat in the history of the ...