Pope Francis had a learning curve on clergy sexual abuse, with the turning point coming in 2018. Few people could have ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Ensuring Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te can attend this weekend's funeral of Pope Francis is currently ...

The Vatican has announced Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time. It will be led by the dean ...

Pope Francis was a "real game-changer" when it came to the Catholic Church's treatment of gay people, a London LGBT+ faith ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis was elected Pope in 2013 after his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI became the first Pope to ...

BST - there will then be a service, before the public will be allowed to file past the open coffin.

Over the centuries, the outcome of conclaves has been impossible to predict. But if the cardinals named by Francis vote ...

The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, aged 88. Today, his body will be moved to St Peter's Basilica ...

History remembers the expression “better the turban than the tiara” by Gennadio Scolario, leader of the powerful Latinophobic ...

Pope Francis travelled across continents, visiting 68 countries, including war zones, during his 12-year papacy, but he never ...

Pope Francis was the first pontiff elected from the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits – one of the most prominent religious ...

The body of Pope Francis will be moved to St Peter's Basilica early Wednesday to lie in state for the Catholic faithful to ...