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11 Mar 2013, 4:08 pm by Charles J. Reid, Jr.
We saw this phenomenon play out in the contrasts between Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. [read post]
13 Jan 2006, 6:59 am
[JURIST] Turkey's Minister of Justice Cemil Cicek said Friday that Mehmet Ali Agca [Wikipedia profile], the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II [official website] in 1981, may have mistakenly been released from prison eleven months early for the murder of Turkish journalist Abdi Ipekci [profile]. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 6:11 pm by Steve Bainbridge
This session we read two encyclicals by Pope John XXIII: Mater et Magistra (Mother and Teacher) and Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth). [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 8:00 am by Gerry W. Beyer
Public opinion is split between praise and criticism of John Paul II's secretary for allowing the late pope's personal notes to be published despite the fact that his will indicated he did not want that to happen. [read post]
10 Jan 2006, 12:27 am
[JURIST] Mehmet Ali Agca [Wikipedia profile], the man who shot Pope John Paul II [official website; JURIST news archive] in 1981, may face new charges in Turkey of draft dodging and escaping military custody after he is released from prison on Thursday [JURIST report], an official said Monday. [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 2:57 pm by Charles J. Reid, Jr.
Peter's Square in April, 2005, as Pope John Paul II lay dying. [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Yesterday the White House issued a statement (full text) from President Obama celebrating Sunday's canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. [read post]
23 Jan 2006, 4:18 am
[JURIST] Turkish state prosecutors have set January 18, 2010 as the date when Mehmet Ali Agca [Wikipedia profile], the man who shot Pope John Paul II [official website] in 1981, will be released from jail. [read post]
12 Jan 2006, 1:02 am
[JURIST] Mehmet Ali Agca [Wikipedia profile], a Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II [official website; JURIST news archive] in 1981, was released from a Turkish prison Thursday to cheers from a crowd of nationalist supporters. [read post]
15 Jun 2008, 1:04 am
John's Tower, he asked how large Vatican City was. [read post]
4 Dec 2014, 2:53 pm by Charles J. Reid, Jr.
Another such pope was John Paul II, a native of Poland, who provided an important witness to human freedom in the latter stages of the Cold War. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
 The Resolution was intended to reinforce House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to the Pope to address a joint session of Congress. [read post]
14 Mar 2013, 9:22 am
A day after the Catholic Church welcomed Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as Pope Francis, the Hollywood Reporter offers us this look at famous fictional popes. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 2:51 pm by Steve Bainbridge
This session we read two encyclicals by Pope John XXIII: Mater et Magistra(Mother and Teacher) and Pacem in Terris(Peace on Earth). [read post]
7 Apr 2005, 3:14 am
[JURIST] The Vatican Thursday released the will and spiritual testament of Pope John Paul II [official website; BBC profile]. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 2:23 pm by Michael Perry
After Pope John Paul's death in 2005, the Catholic Church had a critical decision to make: choose a successor who would appeal to non-Catholics, or satisfy the core believers by choosing a conservative steward. [read post]
31 Dec 2022, 12:00 pm by Rick Garnett
Contributors include (in addition to the editors) Mary Ann Glendon, Andrea Pin, Joseph Weiler, John Witte, and many others. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 11:03 am by Tom Smith
As a follow-up to the publication of “Amoris Laetitia” and the two synods on the family, Pope Francis has refounded the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, giving it a broader mandate than it originally had to ensure that it does not just focus on moral and sacramental theology, but also takes account of the biblical, dogmatic and historical dimensions, as well as contemporary challenges. [read post]
2 Aug 2018, 11:32 am by Steve Bainbridge
Crux reports that: The Vatican announced on Thursday Pope Francis approved changes to the compendium of Catholic teaching published under Pope John Paul II. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
The Pope's call echoes the position taken in 1987 by Pope John Paul II in Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation: Replies to Certain Questions of the Day (full text). [read post]