Pope Francis, at 88, was the second-oldest pontiff in modern history after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93.

Pope Francis, whose death was announced Monday, was one of the oldest pontiffs to serve as the head of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

After the death of the pope, the director of the Vatican’s health services — currently Dr. Andrea Arcangeli — examines the ...

ELECTION The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013. He was the 266th pope and ...

The death of Pope Francis officially came from the camerlengo, a position in the Catholic church held by a man with Dallas ...