The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has in a moving tribute to Pope Francis revealed that the late pope called him ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died after suffering a stroke and cardiac ...

Production company Aldeas Scholas Films, part of Scholas Occurrentes, called the movie a "final dream of Pope Francis" and a ...

While Beijing did not send a representative to the funeral of the head of the Catholic Church in Rome, Chinese followers at ...

When Catholics say a final farewell to Pope Francis today, the Church he leaves behind has 10 per cent more members than 12 ...

Cardinals were due to meet on Tuesday to plan Pope Francis ’ funeral, which leaders from around the world will attend before ...

Father Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was chosen to be the city’s new auxiliary bishop, while Father Li Jianlin was ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

As cardinals prepare to enter the Sistine Chapel in a few days to elect a new pope, they are engaged in intense discussions ...

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. We take a look at his legacy and how the church will choose the next ...