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Poland on Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's first pilgrimage to his homeland, unveiling a giant cross monument in central Warsaw in honor of the late Polish-born pontiff.
A Jordanian hotel owner preparing a lunch for the pope spent five weeks coming up with a choice of five menus for the upcoming visit and is still agonizing over what could go wrong — just as he did when John Paul II visited nine years ago.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro impressed Pope John Paul II by reading up on his teaching and poetry ahead of their 1996 meeting at the Vatican, according to a new book on the late pontiff's daily life.
A Polish survivor of a Nazi concentration camp published a book Tuesday recollecting her family's relationship and vacations with Pope John Paul II, including letters from the late pontiff.
One shot pigeons, another played bocce ball with the Swiss Guards, and John Paul II skied and hiked.
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86.
A state institute has opened an investigation into whether communist-era security services in Poland and other former East bloc nations had a role in the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Pope Benedict XVI visited the Auschwitz concentration camp as "a son of the German people" Sunday and asked God why he remained silent during the "unprecedented mass crimes" of the Holocaust.
Pope John Paul II "whipped himself in remorse for sins" reveals nunPOPE John Paul II regularly whipped himself in a sign of "remorse for his sins", a nun has disclosed.
Vatican not pleased by woman's friendship with late pope | Philadelphia Daily News | 06/13/2009To him, she was "My Dear Dusia" and he signed his letters "Br" - short for brother. She was one of a handful of people by his bedside when he died, and visited him in the hospital when he survived an assassination attempt.
Is John Paul II a Saint? An UpdateJohn Paul II is being looked at by the Congregation of the Saints in the Vatican. Contrary to popular opinion, the road to sainthood is extremely difficult, with a lot of skepticism.
Pope John Paul II 'appears' in bonfire visionNow this fiery figure - photographed in a bonfire in Poland - is being hailed as Pope John Paul II making an appearance from beyond the grave.
Pope's Death Is Drawn Into Euthanasia DebateOver the last week, the Vatican and an Italian physician have sparred over the doctor's accusation that the pope should have been fitted earlier with a feeding tube.
Holy row over 'sale' of John Paul relics on the netA scheme to sell off fragments of a cassock worn by the late Pope John Paul II has caused some concern in the Vatican over fears that it is a form of relic worshiping which has been discouraged since the Reformation.
John Paul sainthood plan boostedRoman Catholic officials have completed the first phase of a campaign to make the late Pope John Paul II a saint.
John Paul beatification moves aheadJohn Paul II's beatification process is moving ahead swiftly and new reports of miracles attributed to the late pontiff reach Rome every week, the Vatican official in charge of the process said on Tuesday.
Pope John Paul II, Cartoon HeroThe Vatican will make history this week when it releases a cartoon film about the life of Pope John Paul II. It's no "Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter" but it's a start. I think if the Church really wants to boost attendance they should make him a cartoon action hero.
'A man with little sympathy for other faiths'Pope Benedict is being portrayed as a naive, shy scholar who has accidentally antagonised two major world faiths in a matter of months. In fact he is a shrewd and ruthless operator, argues Madeleine Bunting - and he's dangerous.
This is a new instalment of the saga started with my post Were Soviets really Responsible for Papal Shooting?
After appending my comments on the main AP article by Victor L. Simpson (Italians Blame Soviets for '81 Pope Attack), I have decided to write my own post on the subject, adding it to the other three Doppelganger™.
USSR tried to assassinate Pope John Paul IILeaders of the former Soviet Union were behind the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in 1981, an Italian parliamentary investigative commission said in a report...
ID Debate to a new frontierA serious reading of Pope John Paul on Evoltion
Scenic mountains, colorful culture in Zakopane, Poland | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WARegret The Error: A surprising report on Alito's pastThe real sotry about Alito's past, gotta love those college papers always breaking the news. Glory days.
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