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

RTÉ's Social Affairs and Religion Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely looks at how Rome and the Catholic community are dealing with ...

Fresh finds beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre add hard evidence of a first-century garden and the site’s earlier life ...

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.

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