April 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1513, Ponce De Leon of Spain landed at what is now St. Augustine, Fla., to search for the Fountain of Youth. In 1792, Congress passed legislation ...

The title character, an American priest asked by the Vatican to investigate the sanctification of the pontiff who was ...

After the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, hundreds flocked to St. Cecilia Cathedral in Omaha to pay their respects."It's kind of like closure. I guess like going to a funeral for a family member.

COMMENTARY: Twenty years after the death of John Paul II, it’s too early to declare him a doctor of the Church. It’s not too soon, however, to imagine why such an honor might be bestowed on him in the ...

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 ...

Now 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s death on April 2, 2005, one of his closest collaborators says the Polish pontiff lives on in the hearts and memories of the many people who still feel connected ...

Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Archbishop John Rodrigues of Bombay pray in front of a statue of John Paul II at Holy Name Cathedral Mumbai, India. (Credit: Archdiocese of Bombay.) Listen MUMBAI, India – ...