In the final months of his life, the Pope's ill-health saw him spend several weeks in hospital. On 14 February, the ...

President Donald Trump responded to the death of Pope Francis by ordering the United States flag be flown at half-staff.

Trump's order applies to “all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the ...

Huge crowds were expected at St Peter’s Basilica on Thursday for a glimpse of Pope Francis’s body on the second day of public ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

On Friday, you can also find a lot of green for the flag of Italy. The International Day of Sport is continuing to be celebrated by countries around the world. "It's a United Nations-sanctioned ...

In Italy, bells tolled in church towers and flags were lowered to half-staff on government buildings in Rome. #EuropeNews ...

The death of a pope triggers a formal and lengthy period of mourning complete with many historic rituals that are completed ...

“I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown ... Flags flew at half-staff in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Italy. The faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, where ...