The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland and Irish President Michael D Higgins are among those travelling to Rome on Friday ...

"It's almost akin to losing a family member." As the Pope died on Easter Monday, he explained the church's prayers for the ...

The clash in style between Donald Trump and Pope Francis and their positions on migration, the environment and poverty will ...

She laid flowers at her mother’s grave to pay her respects. frontrunner someone who is likely to win something like a ...

Upon hearing about the death of Pope Francis, parishioners at the Cathedral of Beira in Mozambique gathered in the church to ...

UK theologian Professor Anna Rowlands said the timing of the star-studded Conclave film, released late last year, ‘couldn’t ...

Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are scratching the hair under their red skull caps as they try to decide whether a cardinal ...

US President Donald Trump is among those due to attend the requiem mass for the late pontiff, joining dignitaries from across the globe ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The late pontiff's funeral will take place on Saturday, with large ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, ...

Vatican turns into fortress for world leaders set to fly in to bid farewell - Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday ...

He had expressed his wish to be buried in a tomb made from the “stone of Liguria, the land of his grandparents.” ...