Palestinian unity government in place for papal visit
Paul Keenan
Polish pilgrims run to Rome
Joggers arrive in time for John Paul canonisation
Quotes of the Week May 1
“I believe with all my heart and all my strength and mind that I will be resurrected. Salvation will soon come to me as well.” Imprisoned Christian Asia Bibi, reacts to news that her blasphemy appeal has been postponed indefinitely by a court in Pakistan "Of course, we forgive them for all they have…
Resistance to Pope’s ‘universal Church’ reforms
Pope Francis is encountering a growing resistance to his reforms of the universal Church from among members of the curia, a cardinal has warned. The warning has come from Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga who heads up the Pontiff’s council of eight prelates charged with overseeing reforms ordered by the Pontiff, and were reportedly made…
‘John Paul was a man of compassion’
The Polish Pontiff is remembered as a man who built bridges
The Popes who changed the way the Church relates to world’s religions
Both Pontiffs left lasting marks on the way the Church understands other faiths
The dynamic duo escaping the Vatican
John XXIII and his assistant often skirted papal protocol
John Paul’s role in the fall of Soviet communinism
The late Pontiff had a pivotal part to play
The papacy of John Paul II
Polish Pope emerged as a forceful moral leader
A short pontificate with a huge impact
John XXIII launched sweeping Church reforms