David French: I’m David French. I’m an Opinion columnist at The Times, where I write about law, politics and religion. I’m ...

Pope Francis is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will file past his open casket ...

The pontiff died aged 88 on Easter Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, bringing to an end his 12 years as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

The body of Pope Francis has been moved to St Peter's Basilica, where tens of thousands of mourners will queue to file past ...

The Guinean cardinal has strong support from conservatives to succeed Pope Francis even though he is not among the frontrunners ...

The world is in mourning after the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 — but alongside grief, ancient fears are being ...

The early church believed that after his death Christ descended into hell in order to rescue the souls of the righteous.

The crucifixion of Christ is one of the most famous stories in the Bible but author Julian Doyle has questioned much of what ...

New data shows rising numbers of young adults are identifying as religious—a turn that runs counter to decades of declining ...

“Christian texts mention that the moon turned to blood after Jesus’s crucifixion — potentially referring to a lunar eclipse, ...