Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter’s square during the weekly Angelus prayer on ...

Pope Francis has a deep devotion to the Virgin Mary and always prays at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore before leaving ...

Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as world leaders from US President Donald ...

The pope's body will lie in state at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome starting April 23 and mourners can pay respects ahead of ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols is among those expected to travel to Rome in the coming days as a period of mourning gets underway ...

ARDCATH/CLONALVY Contact Any news or items of interest contact Niamh @ 086 3477283 or email [email protected]. Ardcath Tidy Towns If anyone would like to be involved with Ardcath Tidy Towns, ...

Pope Francis often recounted playing as a young boy on the streets of Buenos Aires, using a ball made of rags.

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

Following a lengthy battle with his health, Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, in Rome from a stroke and “irreversible” ...

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

In the hours following his death, many Catholics reflected on the words in his final Easter urbi et orbi blessing, which had ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...