The former residence of St. John Paul II in the Polish city ... one bag in hand and a child in the other.” John Paul II, who led the Church until his death in 2005, became the first pope of ...

The church, which contains two grottos and a necropolis, holds the tombs for 147 out of 263 previous popes, including St. Peter himself. John Paul will ... in his native Poland, but Vatican ...

Pope Francis will be received by the usual ecstatic crowds when he touches down in Krakow ... The struggle for freedom in Poland is indistinguishable from that of its saints. St. John Paul II is not ...