Pope John Paul II News & Posts

Pope's Unofficial Photographer Giansanti Dies

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:07:19

pr-inside.com - Internationally-acclaimed photojournalist GIANNI GIANSANTI, a longtime photographer of the late Pope John Paul II, has lost his battle with bone cancer. He was 52.Giansanti, who captured still images of world leaders and fashion designers on his lens for nearly three decades, died on Wednesday (18Mar09) in Rome, Italy.His career launched in 1978, when his photograph

Placido Domingo Puts Musical Spin On Pope's Poems (ap)

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:16:10

rd.yahoo.com - AP - When Placido Domingo and his son, Placido Domingo Jr., set about to put the poems of the late Pope John Paul II to music, they discovered several religious passages, already translated from his native Polish to Italian, that would have made beautiful songs.

Domingo Sings Late Pope John Paul's Poems

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:09:50

pr-inside.com - Legendary tenor PLACIDO DOMINGO has teamed up with JOSH GROBAN, VANESSA WILLIAMS and ANDREA BOCELLI to record a new album of songs based on poems written by the late POPE JOHN PAUL II.The pontiff’s original Polish poems, written before his election in 1978, have been translated into English, Spanish and Italian and put to music

John Paul Ii Was Wounded In 1982 Stabbing, Aide Reveals (reuters)

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:44:57

rd.yahoo.com - Reuters - The late Pope John Paul II was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film.

Controversial Rock Icon Sinead O'connor Turns Gentler (reuters)

Thu, 24 May 2007 04:33:28

rd.yahoo.com - Reuters - Singer Sinead O'Connor, who once inflamed Catholic sensibilities when she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II, hopes a new batch of psalm-based songs will cast off the brash, shaven-headed image accorded her 20 years ago.