Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic church. He served until his death in 1903 at the age of 93. Pope Francis became the pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13 ...

Serving as pope for 25 years, Leo XIII’s papacy led him to become another longest ... teachings and his resistance to efforts to undermine papal authority. Pope Pius XI served as pope for 17 years, ...

Born as: Giovanni de’ Medici (Florence, 1475) A member of the wealthy Medici family, Pope Leo X spent lavishly on ... the father of a future pope, John XI, born from his affair with a Roman ...