Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of John Emory, Pope John Paul II apologizing for the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the year 2000, then-Pope John Paul II appealed to leaders of wealthy nations ... Meeting prisoners in ...

While the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II has declared the Church's near total opposition to the death penalty. In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae ...

Remembered as a humble leader and a defender of the most vulnerable, especially unborn children, St. John Paul II described ...

The text of the catechism was first set by Pope John Paul II in October 1992, and earlier stated that the death penalty was "an appropriate response to the gravity of certain crimes and an ...

Forty-five years ago, Chicago prepared to welcome a visitor unlike any other. Pope John Paul II (formerly known as Karol Wojtyla) was the first non-Italian leader of the Catholic Church in almost ...

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991 ... Then he said to them, "My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch with me." ...