The pontiff’s memoir, Hope, offers a fascinating snapshot of his humble origins in Argentina. Just ignore the strange ...

Pope Francis is older than almost any pope before him. According to Vatican records, only Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at the age of 93, lived longer.

Vatican Diary. Jubilees have perhaps always been a privileged moment for popes to share their vision of history. Every week, ...

In the 1880s, Pope Leo XIII had condemned the Plan of Campaign supported by Irish nationalists in return for British support against the Italian government’s plan to confiscate papal property.

The world today is very different from the world when Rerum Novarum was written by Pope Leo XIII on May 15, 1891. As of today, the population of the world stands at 7.9 billion people with only 1. ...

Not only did Pope Leo XIII collapse to the floor after celebrating Mass, but doctors couldn't find a pulse. A priest who witnessed this 1886 drama testified: "His expression was one of horror and ...

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Francis will be the first pope to be laid to rest outside the Vatican in more than a century. The final one was Leo XIII, who was interred in 1903 in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.