The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

The process of electing a new pope follows rules and rituals that have been followed, and sometimes tweaked, since the 13th ...

Europe's Train Renaissance is charging ahead at full speed! After $10 trains were launched from Paris to Brussels, and ...

As speculation about Pope Francis' health rises, the Vatican begins preparations for a potential papal funeral, following ...

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with double pneumonia after being hospitalised last week. The Vatican said the 88-year-old's ...

The 88-year-old pontiff spent his seventh day in hospital being treated for double pneumonia. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Reports claim Vatican officials are rehearsing Pope Francis’ funeral amid his pneumonia battle, while the ailing pontiff ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was "alert and ...

Suffering from pneumonia affecting both lungs, Pope Francis, whose health condition is causing serious concern, has been ...

Tributes have been paid following the death of the former Bishop of Killaloe, Willie Walsh – one month on from his 90th birthday. Bishop Emeritus Willie Walsh passed away late yesterday at his home in ...