Charles and Camilla’s visit was arranged at the last minute and took place on their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9.

The leader of Catholics in England and Wales has paid tribute to Pope Francis as “a voice proclaiming the innate dignity of every human being”. A senior Vatican official announced the pontiff died on ...

A member of a UK-based gay Catholic group said to be the first to have met the Pope in Rome has recalled his “warmth” and hailed the “radical transformation” in welcoming everyone into the Church.

Pope Francis had died at the age of 88, a senior Vatican official has announced. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated ...

Pope Francis’s “common touch” and ability to connect easily with people is a huge loss to the Catholic Church, said an expert who recalled sharing a football joke with the pontiff.

Francis, 88, emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City. He had recently resumed some official duties during his recovery ...

A Catholic nun and theologian has praised Pope Francis for placing women in decision-making positions within the Church but expressed her wish that his successor can go “further and faster” on the ...

Pope Francis has died, Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell has announced. The senior official said on Monday: “At 7.35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the ...

US air strikes targeting Yemen’s capital have killed 12 people and injured 30 others, the Houthi rebels said early on Monday. The deaths mark the latest in America’s intensified campaign of attacks ...

The Catholic College of Cardinals convening to elect a new pope is one of the oldest methods of electing a head of state that remains in use to the present day. While the voting for the pope is billed ...

Pope Francis was asked by the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland to visit Northern Ireland as part of his historic 2018 trip to Ireland. The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, said he travelled ...