Pope Francis has died at the age of 88. The Vatican announced he died of a stroke at his Santa Maria residence, almost a ...

The role of Bishop of Rome was one that Pope Francis fully embraced. He was a priest among priests, for a church he always ...

The impressive dome ceiling in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.Credit: Getty Images However ... Papal Basilicas owned by the Holy See. Its front entrance is a weird hodgepodge, consumed ...

Generally, popes are buried holding a rosary, a death certificate and the broken fisherman’s ring, which is a unique signet ring presented to each Pope during his papal inauguration. It is destroyed ...

The Vatican has released a series of images showing Pope Francis lying in an open coffin, taken hours after his death.

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday (April 26) and released images of the pontiff ...

Pope Francis, who rose from janitor to the Catholic Church’s most powerful leader by proving equally at ease with ...

THE Vatican has released pictures showing Pope Francis inside an open coffin during the rite of confirmation of the Pontiff’s ...

The Vatican has released photos of Pope Francis in his open coffin, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head ...

On several occasions, his works were rejected by patrons or the Catholic Church itself for their crudeness. “When he painted The Death of the Virgin for Santa Maria ... Rome) and a pause in ...

The Vatican has released photos of Pope Francis in an open coffin, dressed in a red robe with the papal mitre on his head and ...