Articles
A Pope for All Seasons
After TIME had decided to name John Paul II Person of the Year in late 1994, I and several colleagues traveled to Rome to talk with him. He was still quite...
Fit for a Queen
You think you have wardrobe issues? Imagine you're Queen Elizabeth II — what would you wear to meet the Pope or Marilyn Monroe? For the answer, check out "The...
Pope John Paul II
Despite certain apprehensions that I had at first, the Jew that I am can only admire Pope John Paul II. I admire him for continuing the vision and the actions of...
Exhibitions: Fit for a Queen
You think you have wardrobe issues? Imagine you're Queen Elizabethwhat do you wear to meet the Pope or Marilyn Monroe? For an easy answer, check out "The...
Saints: Luckily, II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII and XI Are Still Available
The Roman Catholic church can't find a politically correct Pius. Since the 1960s, it has synchronized the canonization process of liberal hero Pope John XXIII...
Education: An Alternative to Chaos
See everything, Overlook a great deal, Improve a little. So runs a saying of Pope John XXIII's, affixed to a wall at Cardinal Hayes Catholic High School in New...
Religion: Cross Meets Kremlin: Gorbachev and Pope John Paul II
Of all the events that have shaken the Soviet bloc in 1989, none is more fraught with history -- or more implausible -- than the polite encounter that will take...
A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 5, 1982
The frenzied pace of working on cover stories is nothing new to Simonetta Toraldo, picture researcher and administrative assistant for TIME'S Rome bureau. The...
Religion: Pope's Progress
Pope John XXIII rode through cheering crowds of Romans this week to take formal possession of the cathedral church of the Bishop of Romethe great, grey basilica...
The Press: None So Good
"If St. Paul had lived today." said Pope John XXIII last week to 250 newsmen from Rome's Foreign Press Association, "he would probably have been a journalist...
