John Paul II was the pope of the universal call to sanctity — a fundamental teaching of the Second Vatican Council, which affirmed that “all in the Church … are called to holiness.” He re-proposed to ...

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 ...

George Weigel lauded John Paul II as “a man of God, a brilliant analyst of the human condition, and a thoroughly lovable human being” on the 101st anniversary of the saint’s birth. Marking the May 18 ...

Sixty years ago this month, the Second Vatican Council brought together thousands of bishops, Catholic leaders and even non-Catholic observers to reflect on the role of the Church in the modern world.

I had just completed writing The Integral Person in a Fractured World, which centered on Pope John Paul II’s theology of the body. All that was left to do was to do was type in the dedication: “This ...

A more ample understanding of what it means to be pro-life is actually among the numerous points that unite the last four ...

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, ...

I’ll never forget standing on the tarmac at Andrew’s Air Force Base in 2008 with a gaggle of journalists waiting for "Shepherd One" to touch down. Like the rest of my colleagues, my feet were killing ...