Here are some key dates in the life of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, who died on Monday aged 88: - ...

Elected 266th pope after his predecessor Benedict XVI resigns. He chooses the name Francis in reference to Francis of Assisi, ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

Cardinal Sir John Ribat told the Post Courier newspaper his vote will be for the interest of five million Catholics around ...

Papua New Guinea. South Sudan ... comes from the Latin phrase cum clave, “with a key,” as the cardinals are locked away in the Vatican and forbidden from communicating with the outside ...

Explore the key milestones in the life of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, who dedicated his life to serving the church ...

Some hope his successor, to be chosen in the coming days or weeks, could come from Africa or Asia. Read more at ...

Pope Francis is also remembered for living a life of intense simplicity, denying himself a lavish papal apartment in the Vatican upon ... went as far afield as Papua New Guinea, as well as visits ...

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced after suffering from recent health struggles after being ...

Here are some key dates in the life of Pope Francis ... the farthest of his papacy, to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore -- at age 87. - February 14, 2025: Admitted to hospital ...

The news came as the first images of the late pontiff were published by the Vatican . The 88-year ... Pope Francis cleared the way for Papua New Guinea to get its first saint - an anti-polygamy ...

Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas ...