Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced the sad news that 88-year-old Pope Francis passed away at around ...

Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...

Political and religious leaders in Ireland have paid tribute to Pope Francis as an “exceptional” leader whose papacy was “a ...

Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micháel Martin said the passing of Pope Francis comes with "a profound sadness". Archbishop ...

Irish leaders have paid tribute to Pope Francis as “a remarkable figure” who had a “profound commitment to alleviating suffering”. The President of Ireland said Pope Francis had approached his papacy ...

Pope Francis has died, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

The campaign to destroy Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom is so loud and incessant it can be easy to forget that ...