His funeral is set to take place in the Vatican on Saturday (April 26), and a new pope will be elected at the Papal Conclave ...

Find out how here to watch and or listen to the funeral of Pope Francis, which will be held on Saturday, April 26 from 10 am ...

HUNDREDS of thousands of people will gather in the Italian capital for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. But for those ...

Pope Francis made history in 2018 when he became the second pope to visit Ireland, but he had already spent a few months in ...

Fr Jorge Bergoglio, then a little-known Jesuit priest from Argentina, was sent to the Jesuit community at Milltown Institute ...

Pope Francis's historic visit to Ireland in 2018 occurred during a period of significant tension between the Irish people and the Catholic Church. Reflecting on the visit, former Taoiseach (Irish ...

"Pope Francis holds a special place in the hearts of the Irish people," Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on Monday, ...

President Higgins said he is "pleased to communicate the appreciation of all of the people of Ireland" for the life of Pope ...

Pope Francis’s body will lie in public view so ... Books have also been opened across Northern Ireland, including at Belfast’s City Hall, Derry’s Guildhall and Armagh Cathedral.

One question above all dominated discussion in advance of Pope Francis’s visit to Ireland in August 2018: would he meet survivors of clerical child sex abuse? Since Pope John Paul II’s visit ...

POPE Francis used his historic 2018 visit to Ireland to beg for forgiveness for clerical sex abuse on behalf of the church. The late Pontiff was given a hero’s reception when he travelled ...

Aged 75, Cardinal Arthur Roche, from West Yorkshire, is the youngest of the UK and Ireland’s cardinals. He is based in Rome ...