On April 11, 1963, John XXIII issued the encyclical Pacem in Terris, a powerful call for a world in which there were neither victims nor executioners that cemented the Pontiff’s reputation as “Good ...

Known as "The Good Pope," he reigned from 1958 until his death in 1963 He was born in poverty and said he was happy to die poor; he left relatives $20 in his will Elected as an "interim" pope, he ...

Pope John XXIII, who will be canonized Sunday with Pope John Paul II, was a revolutionary in his own right. Elected at age 76 to be a caretaker pope, John promptly upended expectations by calling the ...

The Year of Our Lord 1962 was a year of American resolve, Russian orbiting, European union and Chinese war. In a tense yet hope-filled time, these were the events that dominated conversation and ...

Today, the 2,000-year-old Roman Catholic Church makes history: For the first time, two popes will be made saints at once, and two popes will be in attendance. Pope John XXIII, who died in 1963, and ...

Pope St. John XXIII, who dedicated the last days of his life to cry out for an end to the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the famous 1963 encyclical Pacem in Terris, has been named the patron ...

VATICAN CITY -- Admirers of John XXIII stood in line for hours in St. Peter's Square yesterday for a close look at his new, see-through coffin, part of a tribute to the "good pope" ordered by the ...

VATICAN CITY — Blessed John XXIII began a dialogue with the Soviet Union that led to the eventual fall of the Iron Curtain during the pontificate of his successor, John Paul II, both of whom will be ...

There's never been much doubt that Pope John Paul II was destined for sainthood. In more than a quarter-century as the head of the Holy See, he left such an indelible mark that at his funeral in 2005, ...

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 know ...

Today’s “doubleheader” in Rome marks the canonization of both Blessed Pope John XXIII and Blessed Pope John Paul II as saints. These two beloved figures are still so familiar to us, especially John ...