A man who attacked Pope John Paul II in 1981 was escorted from the Turkish town of Iznik on Thursday ahead of Pope Leo XIV's ...

The man who attacked Pope John Paul II in 1981 was escorted from the Turkish town of Iznik on Thursday ahead of Pope Leo ...

It’s not often that the reigning league champion enters the following season with a sizable chip on its shoulder, but that’s ...

Mehmet Ali Agca says he would like to meet new pope in Iznik for a few minutes, and calls Netanyahu the real terrorist ...

Before last week, the highlight of recent Chicago history involving a pope dated back more than 45 years. Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in October 1979, about a year after he was elected. The ...

COMMENTARY: Starting with Pope St. John Paul II and World Youth Day, recent popes have had their pontificates ‘baptized’ by rallies connected to Catholic youth. Pope Leo XIV holds the cross as he ...

The photograph taken in 1996 shows Gene Greytak, a man who impersonated Pope John Paul II. In July 2025, a photo circulated online that claimed to show Pope John Paul II playing baseball. The picture ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Final funeral preparations are underway in the Vatican for Pope Francis. Saturday’s arrangements will be held at St. Peter’s Basilica and mark the start of Novendiales, a ...

Pope Francis also waived Vatican rules to canonize Pope John XXIII. LONDON, July 5, 2013 — -- He was the "Pilgrim Pope," the man who traveled the world inspiring a young generation of Catholics ...

To have come of age during such an extraordinary succession of popes has been a true grace in my life. Each pope I have known has brought something unique, not just to the papacy, but to my own ...

ANNIVERSARY OF KCCI ON THE AIR, AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, WE’RE REMEMBERING SOME OF THE MOST MAGICAL MOMENTS. THAT INCLUDES A SPECIAL VISIT FROM POPE JOHN PAUL THE SECOND, WHO CAME TO IOWA BACK ...

Turkish authorities removed Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II, from Iznik before Pope Leo XIV's arrival for ...