Pope John Paul II Movies

A look back at 1979, when the Pope visited Ireland in hopes of ending violence and praying for all to seek a peaceful resolution.

May 13, 1981, afternoon. A general audience with the head of the Church is taking place in St. Mark's Square in Rome. Suddenly, the joyful buzz...

The Papal Chase is a guerrilla documentary feature that captures one man's obsession to meet the Pope in order to win a $1000 bet. With appearances...

Report from the Holy Father's third pilgrimage to Poland in 1987.

In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.

Since 1967, Jacques Chirac has appeared everyday on television : millions of hours of automatic gestures, jerky speeches and feverish cavalcades. ...

A short doc. movie about Bono meeting with John Paul II.

An elite group of police must stop international terrorists from killing Pope John Paul II during his visit to Mexico.

This 60-minute documentary uses the reported miracle at Fatima in 1917 as a springboard for an examination of the relationship between religion and...

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's...

Film explores the profound impact Pope John Paul II's death had on Polish society, both inside and outside of the Catholic Church.

Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's best-selling play "The Jeweller's Shop," an inspiring...

German, a young theater director, tries to organize a theater play about Lulu, a prostitute that was killed in London by Jack the ripper. While...

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Polish documentary directed by Tomasz Sekielski about child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland.

The film is the personal story of a protagonist of our times and traces Carlo Martini's actions and thoughts, as he has remained faithful to its...

On Thursday, April 2, 1987, thousands of young people came to the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile to meet Pope John Paul II. After many years,...

Ceremonies marking the inauguration of Pope John Paul II's pontificate in Rome in October 1978.