The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland and Irish President Michael D Higgins are among those arriving in Rome on Friday ...

Russia announced an "Easter truce" on Saturday, but Moscow and Kyiv have accused one another of violating the temporary ...

As bells rang out for Easter Sunday in Kyiv, local people told AFP they did not believe Moscow would keep its word by ...

Bishop Michael Olson of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth said Monday he was deeply saddened by the death of Pope Francis ...

At the hospital, a daily moment of silence is observed to honour the fallen. A room filled with photographs and spent Russian ...

In 1878, two nieces of Pope Pius IX ended their "begging tour" of the West in Omaha, where they could set up the first Order ...

Chaplain Volodymyr was in the middle of his Easter prayer near the front in Ukraine's Donetsk region when another explosion ...

Members of the public and church leaders have expressed "sadness" after the death of Pope Francis on Monday morning. The ...

All-Ireland Primate Eamon Martin will be joined by the Archbishop of Dublin in representing the Irish Catholic Church at ...

Tens of thousands of people have descended on Vatican City to pay their respects to Pope Francis, whose funeral will be held ...

St Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery in Kursk, Russia - Michael Ovseychik/iStock ...