PopeFrancis, who turns 88 on Dec. 17, is the second-oldest pope in modern history (after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93). Pope Benedict XVI resigned at the age of 85 ...
The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee of "Hope" at the Vatican on Christmas Eve in traditional ceremonies before addressing thousands of Catholic faithful the next day.
Security forces thwarted a pair of assassination attempts against PopeFrancis — including a suicide bomber — during his March 2021 visit to Iraq, the pontiff shared in his new memoir.