VATICAN CITY – Pope John XXIII left his imprint on humanity and the Catholic Church he led for fewer than five years, helping propel him to sainthood on Sunday. Here are some highlights, in deeds and ...

Monsignor A. Anthony Frecker was a grade-school student considering the priesthood in 1958 when the Roman Catholic Church elected the pope who has become one of his personal heroes. More than 50 years ...

Pope John XXIII, who will be canonized Sunday with Pope John Paul II, was a revolutionary in his own right. Elected at age 76 to be a caretaker pope, John promptly upended expectations by calling the ...

VATICAN CITY, June 3 -- The disinterred body of Pope John XXIII, the much-loved pontiff who initiated radical changes in the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s, was wheeled through St. Peter's Square ...

On Thursday morning, a small convoy with police protection will depart from the Vatican bound for the northern Italian city of Bergamo, almost six and a half hours away. In a sense, it’s actually a ...

Stamped; artist's credit stamp on verso. Illustrated: Magnum Reference #PAR55412; "Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson (introduction by CLaude Roy); plate 43, p. 53; "Henri Cartier-Bresson: ...