Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, marks the anniversary of one of the most significant pilgrimages in modern Church history. It was on this day in 1962 that Pope John XXIII traveled to ...

Former Pope John Paul II bypasses Vatican law, canonized as saint Pope Francis answers millions of Catholic's prayers by making former pope a saint.

This past Saturday, while covering the Synod on Synodality in Rome, one of America’s executive editors Sebastian Gomes sent a photo of the tomb of Pope St. John XXIII to our staff, letting us ...

On June 3, 1963 “Good Pope John” died. St. John Paul II beatified him in 2000 and Pope Francis canonized him along with John Paul II in 2014. Good Pope John XXIII, pray for us.

COMMENTARY: Pope St. John XXIII was central to maintaining the memory of World War II’s persecuted Jews.

While Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary specifically caters to older vocations, many other seminaries have a significant portion of their seminarians made up of older vocations.

Common papal names Among all the 266 popes of the Catholic Church, the most common name used has been John. It was first chosen by Pope Saint John I in 523, who died a martyr. The last pope to choose ...

Bibiana Reh, left, and Patricia Llorens embrace after a vigil Mass for Pope John Paul II on Friday at Pope John XXIII Catholic Church in Missoula. Llorens said she felt quite emotional about the ...

Pope St. John XXIII, who in 1961 summoned the Second Vatican Council, calling all Catholic bishops worldwide to a series of formal meetings at the Vatican to update Catholicism, was known for his ...

Outstanding service to the community and others is the hallmark of Susan and Dan Gelatt and Sue Graf, the 2025 recipients of ...

A neighbor’s cellphone video captured the dramatic moment a man destroyed the statues of Pope Saint John XXIII and Mother Teresa outside St. Dominic Roman Catholic Church in Bensonhurst. But on ...