Following a meeting of cardinals on Tuesday, it was confirmed Francis’s funeral will take place at 10am local time on ...

First Lady Melania Trump joined her husband Donald and other world leaders, royals and religious figures from around the ...

Those aged 18-24 are now the second largest demographic to attend Church, with 16% saying they attended Church once a month ...

Father Mark Field will deliver a Requiem Mass at St Mary's Church in Gisborne on Thursday. Pope Francis, who died aged 88 on ...

Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to ...

The 88-year-old, who died on Easter Monday, was pictured lying in a wooden coffin dressed in red, with rosary ... meaning he is too old to vote as is Sean Brady, Ireland’s only Catholic cardinal ...

The Jesuit was dressed in his papal vestments — a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, with rosary beads laced around ... the death of the Pope — meaning between May 5 and 10.

In St Peter's Square, believers and tourists alike gathered to pay their respects, some bearing flowers or candles ...