In a small church tucked into a side street in northern China's Hebei province, a group of around 10 people gathered for their weekly meeting, the day after Pope Francis died aged 88. The Vatican on ...

Huge crowds were expected at St Peter's Basilica on April 24 for a glimpse of Pope Francis' body on the second day of public ...

Growing old isn't something to be feared, but rather something to embrace as a time of grace in one's life, Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis called the Church to care for creation and the vulnerable — a message that transcends partisan divides ...

The pope's answer and the full interview was aired by Mediaset 1 on its news program, Le Iene, April 22, saying it was the ...

President Ferdinand Marcos on April 23 declared four days of national mourning in the Philippines, Asia's Catholic bastion, ...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on April 23 urged Hamas to free all hostages, saying keeping them provided Israel with ...

India took a raft of punitive diplomatic measures against Pakistan on April 23, accusing Islamabad of supporting ...

Tagle is Asia's frontrunner for the papacy and like Francis, seen as a leading advocate for the poor, migrants and ...

Peru's Congress on April 23 denied President Dina Boluarte permission to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, with a lawmaker ...

Francis repeatedly denounced the war in Gaza and regularly phoned a small Christian congregation in besieged territory ...

Syria is home to a shrinking Catholic minority, whose numbers fell from around one million in 2011 to fewer than 300,000 ...