According to a biography provided by the Vatican ... Some other historians have argued that Pope Benedict IX was the youngest at just 20 years of age, but recordkeeping is incomplete for many ...

For many centuries, new popes tended to choose the name of the pope who had elevated them to cardinal. John was the most popular, chosen by 23 popes, followed by Benedict and Gregory, each with 16.

Pope Francis, the pontiff whose acts of love and humility rippled through his papacy, was laid to rest in a service he deliberately simplified. advertisement Pope Francis' final farewell: A huge ...

Often, that image was the result of slander spread by their rivals, but not always was the reproach undeserved—and one of those who did the most to earn it was Benedict IX, the youngest Pope in ...

Among the odd Benedict facts, Pope Benedict IX was the only person to serve as pope multiple times. He was the 145th, 147th and 150th pope ...