In a deeply moving private ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis’ coffin was sealed, closing a historic chapter.

Sr Orla Treacy was among 100 who walked for nine days to meet Pope Francis, the first pontiff in the modern era to visit ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

I watched one man adjust his frame over and over, inching sideways for the best angle, as if this were a concert and not a ...

By AFP, Vatican City In the chapel of the Vatican's Santa Marta residence, where Pope Francis lived and died, a nun prayed on ...

The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis’s funeral will take place at 10am local time (9am Irish time) on Saturday, in St Peter’s Square. The funeral will be presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista ...

Those aged 18-24 are now the second largest demographic to attend Church, with 16% saying they attended Church once a month ...

After learning of Francis’ death on Monday morning, Father Michael O'Donoghue of Newark’s Holy Trinity Catholic Church, on ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will take place on Saturday - here is what will happen in the build-up, at the event itself, and ...

Francis’s body will lie in public view for three days ahead of the funeral, so people can pay their respects to the late ...

The late pontiff’s body will lie in state for public viewing from Wednesday, followed by a funeral on Saturday.