SIOUX CITY -- At age 25, songwriter Tony Melendez sang and played his guitar for Pope John Paul II in Los Angeles, and received a spontaneous papal kiss in appreciation. But it wasn't just his ...

SPRINGFIELD — When Tony Melendez sings and plays the guitar at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield this week, his audiences will see how he inspired a pope to embrace, kiss and thank him for ...

Tony Melendez of Branson, Missouri, naturally strums the guitar with his toes. "I had to learn and face head on. There are no arms on this body," the musician said. "What am I going to do? Am I going ...

It was 1987. Barefoot and without arms, 25-year-old Tony Melendez was waiting anxiously to perform for Pope John Paul II at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles. The theater was packed with more ...