A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

POPE Francis’ funeral will be held on Saturday morning, the Vatican has announced. The service will be led at 10am local time ...

Cardinals have set Saturday as the date for his funeral and are allowing ordinary faithful to begin paying their final respects starting Wednesday.

The Vatican has released the first images of Pope Francis, showing him in his casket with the Vatican secretary of state ...

The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital ...