POPE JOHN PAUL II DIES AT 84
Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84 in his Vatican apartment on April 2, 2005. In this photo, Pope John Paul II enters the stage in Luneta Park to say mass to a million people in Manila, Philippines during a Papal visit in February, 1981. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)
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The Vatican announced Monday it set the date for the canonization of popes John XXII and John Paul II.
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Pope Francis remains popular with U.S. Catholics six months after his election, a poll released Thursday indicated.
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Pope Francis plans to announce the date for the canonizations of his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II on Sept. 30, a Vatican official said Tuesday.
Portraits of the U.S. founding fathers often portray them with white powdered wigs and many think they were older than the young men they were, an expert says.
Pope Francis, after sending a tweet Friday saying people are as fragile as clay pots, surprised employees at the Vatican heating plant with a visit.
The U.S. Supreme Court opened the floodgates to corporate political contributions for "independent electioneering" in 2010's Citizens United vs. FEC, practically drowning federal political campaigns in money. Now the same five-justice majority that held sway in Citizens United may be poised to loosen restrictions on campaign finance even further.
Pope Francis, in a personal message to Muslims as they prepared to end the holy month of Ramadan, called for mutual respect among religions.
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