DAR ES SALAAM: ACADEMICS in the country have paid glowing tributes to Pope Francis (pictured), describing him as a rare gift ...

Huge crowds are expected at St Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis on the second day of public tributes ...

Close to 20,000 people filtered past the Argentine's open, red-lined wooden coffin in the first few hours of the lying in ...

Dignitaries and world leaders will attend the pope’s funeral. But the thousands of people lining up to see Francis on ...

Rome is always teeming, and Easter usually kicks off the long tourist season. Up to 250,000 are expected to attend the Pope's ...

President of Dominica Her Excellency Sylvanie Burton during a press statement said she was deeply saddened after learning of ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta and ended with the Holy Father’s body before the Altar of Confession in ...

That is the main reason most popes in history have chosen the name John. After stating his new name, the new Pope is taken to ...

Ghana's National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has joined global leaders in mourning the death of Pope Francis, ...

Tens-of-thousands of people are queuing in three lines at the Vatican, but mourners say the queues are moving 'fairly quickly ...

Before being appointed Pope Francis’ personal nurse in August 2022, Massimiliano Strappetti was the nursing coordinator for ...