John Lennon was married to his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, from 1962 to 1968, and she was by his side for much of his success ...

American theologian George Weigel reported that Jimmy Lai is a "witness to human dignity and to basic human rights is an ...

When I sit in the auditorium at Pope John Paul II High School Friday, Nov. 14, I’m certain I’ll be transported back in time. No doubt that during the Legacy of Impact Hall of Fame induction ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Students at the new St. John Paul II Academy began their first day of school Monday with a special blessing from Bishop Michael Mulvey. The campus was formed earlier this year ...

Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death ...

Before last week, the highlight of recent Chicago history involving a pope dated back more than 45 years. Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in October 1979, about a year after he was elected. The ...

The soggy crowds at the pope’s Mass at Tamiami Park in 1987. Carol Guzy Miami Herald File Lightning shook the skies, rain pelted the earth. But Pope John Paul II, preaching under an umbrella, wanted ...

Mr. Luce is the U.S. national editor and a columnist at The Financial Times. In 1979, during John Paul II’s first visit to the United States as pope, he met with President Jimmy Carter at the White ...

Two popes . . . Francis and John Paul II . . . their deaths separated by almost exactly twenty years. Both world-renowned figures and similar in personal approach . . . but the two were different, as ...

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will be attending Pope Francis’ funeral on April 26. Not so long ago, that was a shocking idea. U.S. President George W. Bush (L), U.S. first lady Laura ...

In the 1970s, you were more likely to have a spaceship piloted by an extraterrestrial land in your backyard than the leader of the Catholic Church. The era of regular papal travel had not yet begun, ...