Pope Francis’ death the day after Easter Sunday made possible this striking, and perhaps historic, meeting in St. Peter’s ...

Vatican City • In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday ...

Pope Francis requested simplicity in his wooden coffin and final resting place​, but his funeral Mass still reflected the ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal, shortly after meeting ...

The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius Loyola, who founded the Jesuits, celebrated his first Mass in the basilica ...

From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

Catholic faithful and admirers of Pope Francis flooded St Peter’s Square and the streets of Rome on Saturday in full force to ...

The Foreign Office has issued fresh travel advice in light of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The Government ...

Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21, was laid to rest after a funeral attended by world leaders and a diverse crowd of ...