After twelve years of serving as a paragon of Christ’s compassion and mercy – not only for Catholics but also for those ...

The dean of the cardinals, the ninety-year-old Giovanni Battista Re, gave voice to what the human tide in the square and all ...

More than 130,000 people have filed past the Pope's coffin as it lay in state in St Peter's Basilica since Wednesday ...

SONIA Wade feels she has got lucky in the lottery of life, even though as a tiny baby she lost her parents in the Blitz in London.

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint but ended up bidding farewell to Pope ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place at 9am Irish time in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City. Hundred of thousands of mourners are expected to attend, including President Michael D Higgins, ...

For over 600 years carpets from Turkey and Iran have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists, ...

Five days after his death, the funeral of Pope Francis took place Saturday, April 26, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square. About 50 heads of state attended the ceremony, including French President Emmanuel ...

The late Pope Francis continued his legacy as an open-armed trailblazer by opening the sacred portal of the Vatican and dying ...

Mine happened to be St. Francis of Assisi. Even at a young age, I thought it was a good fit due to my Italian heritage and my ...

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the four papal basilicas of Rome, along with St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, and St. Paul Outside the Walls. It stands on the summit of the ...