Topic: Pope John Paul Ii

Newt Gingrich, a Catholic convert, co-produces film on Pope John Paul's IIThe prominent U.S. Republican Newt Gingrich — a recent convert to Catholicism — is in Poland promoting a documentary he co-produced on Pope John Paul II's role in defeating communism. In ...

Hundreds of thousands of people attended a giant mass with Pope Benedict XVI in Portugal Thursday in what the Church said was a massive show of support for his handling of the paedophile priest crisis. The Fatima sanctuary's huge esplanade was full ...

Pope Benedict XVI began a giant outdoor mass in the Portuguese shrine of Fatima Thursday before hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world. The sanctuary's huge esplanade was full to overflowing and Church organisers said half a million people attended ...

It is not unusual to see pilgrims crawling on their hands and knees up the steps and across the esplanade that leads to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima where Pope Benedict XVI will visit this week. After making a holy ...

Cardinal defends church on sex abuse, says then-Cardinal Ratzinger party to controversial noteA senior cardinal defended the Roman Catholic Church's practice of frequently not reporting sexual abusive priests to the police, saying Thursday it would have been like testifying against a family ...

Turkish man who shot previous pope calls on Benedict to resign over clerical sex abuse casesThe Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II says Pope Benedict XVI should resign over the Catholic Church's handling of clerical sex abuse cases. Mehmet Ali ...

<div><p>Australia will have its first Roman Catholic saint -- a pioneering nun who was briefly excommunicated from the Church for insubordination -- on October 17, Pope Benedict XVI announced Friday.</p><p>Mary MacKillop will be canonised along with a monk from Quebec, the Canadian ...

<div><p>Australia and the Canadian province of Quebec will have their first Roman Catholic saints -- a pioneering nun and a humble healer -- on October 17, Pope Benedict XVI announced Friday.</p><p>Australia's Mary MacKillop, a nun revered for her work with needy children ...

The Turkish man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, Mehmet Ali Agca, was released from prison Monday after almost three decades behind bars, but immediately faced authorities over his status as a draft dodger. "The release procedure has ...

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish man who attempted to kill pope John Paul II in 1981, was on Monday freed from prison after almost three decades behind bars, but the motive for his attack remains shrouded in mystery. The greying 52-year-old raised ...