The Royal Family has responded to the death of Pope Francis with traditional marks of respect. Union flags are being flown at ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The Pope suffered from a bout of bronchitis for several days and was hospitalized from February 14 to March 23 at Agostino ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

When created a cardinal In 2001, he asked Catholics not to come to Rome to celebrate but rather to donate to the poor ...

Francis made history as the first pope from the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order), the Americas, and the Southern Hemisphere.

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In 1979, John Paul II was already planning his first trip as pope to the United States when he received a two-page handwritten letter from Iowa farmer Joe Hays inviting him to visit America’s ...

Many readers have voiced their support for landlady Beverley Walton at the Berkeley Arms after restrictions were placed on the pub in School Road, St John's in a bid to control noise levels.