Among his most significant trips was his four-nation Asia ... church, but also in Asia.” In particular, the half-island nation of Timor-Leste found extra meaning in the pope’s Asia Pacific ...

Currently, the Church has 252 cardinals, 135 of them under 80 and eligible to vote in the election of the next pope, ...

The first modern pontiff to hail from anywhere but Europe, Pope Francis from Argentina, redefined Church leadership by ...

MANILA – The death of Pope Francis has stirred an outpouring of grief across Asia, where the Argentina-born pontiff was regarded not just as the head of the Catholic Church, but also as a rare ...

Millions of faithful across Southeast Asia are mourning the death ... Timor-Leste on the global stage, on the world map.” In the Philippines, church bells rang through the capital Manila as ...

SINGAPORE: Pope Francis was a "model of mercy and compassion", the Roman Catholic Church in Singapore said ... 2024 as part of a four-nation Asia-Pacific tour, the longest of his papacy.

Millions of faithful across Southeast Asia are mourning the death of Pope Francis ... Pope for putting back Timor-Leste on the global stage, on the world map.” In the Philippines, church bells rang ...

Millions of faithful across Southeast Asia are mourning the death of Pope ... Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church, died on Monday at the age of 88.

Francis, who died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, was fondly called “Lolo Kiko” (Grandpa Kiko) in the country with Asia’s biggest ... Good Shepherd to the Church. He served us with ...