St. John Paul II called Faustina’s canonization and Divine Mercy Sunday the happiest day of his life — a summit moment of his ...

Pope John Paul II entrusted the world to divine mercy two years later, when he consecrated the International Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki, Poland. Standing before the image of divine ...

In 1979, during John Paul II’s first visit to the United States as pope, he met with President ... 1980 in dissuading the Soviets from invading Poland, where the Solidarity movement had just ...

Interest might ebb and flow depending on the person who fills the role, but the kingly complexion of the papacy itself ... affairs. Pope John Paul II’s 1979 pilgrimage to Poland played a vital ...

While the number of people coming to pay their respects to Pope Francis has been consistent, St. John Paul II’s papal funeral had ... following in his native Poland, which was only a bus ride ...

It was just a year into his time as pope that John Paul II made his first trip to the United States, creating memories that many Iowans won’t soon forget.