Pope Benedict was elected in 2005, just after his 78th birthday. Of the 103 popes whose exact age at election is known, Pope ...

gifted to Pope Pius XI in 1929. Since then, popemobiles have taken many different shapes and sizes. Amid thousands of Vatican guests on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis waved from inside his all ...

The basilica in Gdańsk, northern Poland, received its Umbraculum in 1929 from Pope Pius XI. After being lost during World War ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem in Latin and supreme leader — the pope. Some 900 ...

One of the first motorized popemobiles was a black Graham-Paige Type 837, gifted to Pope Pius XI in 1929 ... The first form of papal transport was the sedia gestatoria, a ceremonial throne ...

St. Nicholas Basilica in Gdańsk, northern Poland, has opened its Umbraculum to pay tribute to the late head of the Catholic ...