Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...

During his five-day stay in the Philippines in January 2015, Francis paid a visit to the only pontifical university in Asia, where he met with students and religious leaders ... or related to the ...

The Catholic Church mourns Pope ... and Leo XIII also had long reigns. The article highlights the ten longest-serving popes. It details their tenures and significant contributions. These leaders ...

Pope Francis, whose death was announced Monday, was one of the oldest pontiffs to serve as the head of the Catholic Church. Francis died at the age of 88 amid ongoing health issues, and following a ...

Mourners bid farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his concern for the 'most peripheral of the peripheries.' ...

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re eulogized Francis as a pope of the people, a pastor who knew how to communicate to the “least ...

World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his ...

The choice of the basilica was also symbolically significant given its ties to Francis’ Jesuit religious order. St. Ignatius ...