Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic ... Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross. Story idea? Email her at gcross@ ...

Or that at 88, he is one of the oldest popes. Francis still has a ways to go to outlive Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at 93. But he’s on track to equal or surpass Pope Gregory XII, perhaps ...

In his article about the pope's letter to the U.S. bishops, my colleague Christopher White interviewed theology professor Massimo Faggioli who compared the current letter to Pope Leo XIII's 1899 ...

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 ...

Or that at 88, he is one of the oldest popes ever. Francis still has a ways to go to outlive Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at 93. But he’s on track to equal or surpass Pope Gregory XII ...