By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Isabel Kershner Matthew Mpoke Bigg reported from Rome, and Isabel Kershner from Jerusalem ... Pope John Paul II was elected at 58 and served for 26 years.

April 18 (UPI) --Thousands of people recited prayers while carrying large wooden crosses and walking through the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem ... Pope John Paul II dies at 84 Pope Francis ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, cuts an unmistakable figure in the dark corridors of the ancient, stone patriarchate in this troubled corner of the world.