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King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to embark on a state visit to Vatican City on October 22. The trip will mark the King and Queen’s first meeting with Pope Leo XIV since his appointment in May ...

St. John Paul II. in Munich 1980. You probably know that St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate, and he was the first non-Italian pontiff ...

On Oct. 22, we celebrate the feast of Pope St. John Paul II. It’s unusual to remember a saint who lived so recently. In John Paul, we saw a man whom God had endowed with prodigious natural gifts: ...

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, ...

Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford marked a milestone with the grand opening and blessing of its new Business Institute on Sept. 23. The center, designed to mirror a Fortune 500 boardroom, ...

Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church Nov. 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education. Speaking after Mass Sept. 28 for the Jubilee of Catechists, ...

Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP.) Listen Pope Leo XIV prayed for the ...

Pope Leo XIV marked his 70th birthday on Sunday with a public address in which he thanked God, his parents and his followers, after previously receiving a birthday cake from the new U.S. ambassador to ...

Our 267th pope, leader of Roman Catholics (including myself) from around the world, celebrates his 70th birthday today. According to Vatican statistics gathered in 2023 and released to the public, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Pope John Paul II greeted the faithful in South Carolina when he visited Columbia as part of a conference on the University of South Carolina campus on Sept. 11, 1987. More ...

WESTTOWN — After his team pulled off its third one-point win in as many weeks, Pope John Paul II’s coach Darrell Scott couldn’t help but find the humor amidst the anxiety. “I’m getting too old for his ...