In the last 100 years, the Catholic Church has only seen eight Popes, including the late Holy Father Pope Francis. The ...

Cardinals have agreed that the traditional nine days of mourning for the pope, the so-called novemdiales, will begin on ...

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

"Breakspear was a young, impoverished lad from England, with no family connections, no money, and it was quite remarkable ...

The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis’s funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file ...

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have travelled to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. They will pay ...