The Vatican City is toughening punishments for people entering the place illegally, in light of the expected influx of ...

WITH ruthless ambition, suspense and even spies, hit movie Conclave lays bare the fight to succeed as a new Pope. The ...

In 1935, an additional 98 individuals were sentenced, 19 to prison and 79 to exile, for playing a role in the assassination ... who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 and was later forgiven by the ...

including Al-Qaeda and Islamic State/ISIS, have in recent decades threatened to attack the Vatican, where Pope John Paul II barely survived an assassination attempt in 1981.

Violence is always a worry for world leaders, of course, and security surrounding the Pope is always heavy – not least because John Paul II was lucky to survive an assassination attempt in 1981.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in ... baptism in the River Jordan and was established in 1981 by St. John Paul II. During the ceremony, each father was given a candle ...

DNA Web Team Updated : Sep 25, 2015, 01:10 PM IST LISBON: Pope John Paul I, who died from an apparent heart attack just 33 days after becoming pontiff in 1978, was in fact assassinated over his plans ...

a 1981 assassination attempt in Rome, and the most recent Holy Year in 2000, during which the church apologized for historical wrongdoings. St. John Paul II was canonized April 27, 2014, by Pope ...

In the October 1981 elections, PASOK ... In January 2000, he visited the Vatican and invited the Pope to Greece. Pope John Paul II became, on May 4, 2001, the first Pope to visit Greece since ...

St. John Paul II’s 9 th foreign visit was an 11-day trip that took him to Pakistan, the Philippines, Guam, Japan and Anchorage in Alaska in February in 1981. The Pope, who was 61 then, dedicated 3 ...

Vatican City: Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel ... feast day that recalls Jesus' baptism in the River Jordan and was established in 1981 by St John Paul II. During the ceremony, ...