The Vatican has ended the three-day public viewing of Pope Francis in Rome, with an estimated 250,000 people visiting St.

Donald Trump and the UN chief among guests to attend funeral ceremonies for the Catholic Church’s late pontiff.

St. John Paul II rewrote the regulations on papal elections in a 1996 document that remains largely in force, though Pope ...

Patrick and Alice Gavigan, from Leixlip, Co Kildare, are on holiday in Rome and said the experience felt surreal.

With the passing of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88, the nearly 1.4 billion Catholics around ... Benedict XVI, St. John Paul II, John Paul I and St. Paul VI. Read on to learn about the five ...