The funeral for Pope Francis will be held Saturday in Rome and is expected to be much simpler than those of previous pontiffs ...

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The Swiss Guard was established by Pope Julius II in 1506. Here's what to know about the 500-year-old military body.

The world is mourning Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday, aged 88. Vatican City sources have shared details of his final ...

That is the main reason most popes in history have chosen the name John. After stating his new name, the new Pope is taken to ...

This is the moment a man slides into a deep, rubber-lined reservoir to rescue his sister's dogs in Chanthaburi, Thailand on March 22. The dogs had gone missing from the woman's garden and somehow made ...

Pope Francis was unlike any of his predecessors – not least because he was the first to write an autobiography while still in office, writes Catherine Pepinster. But while he used the book to admits ...

The Catholic world has been cast into uncertainty after Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday. Devotees were ...