Francis, who died following a stroke aged 88 on Easter Monday just a day after greeting crowds in Vatican City, drew tributes for his strong advocacy for the poor and marginalised. The leader of the ...

The president thanked the National Park Service for how ‘spiffy’ the event looked and paid tribute to his wife for her work ...

There are just a handful of Catholic cardinals across the UK and Ireland, some of whom are expected to cast a vote for the next pope. Technically, any baptised Catholic man is eligible to become the ...

The Vatican has begun a Rosary prayer in St Peter’s Square in its first public commemoration following Pope Francis’s death. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St Peter’s Basilica, led the prayer ...

“The historic annual Hallaton Bottle Kicking is an Easter tradition like no other, as the villages of Hallaton and Medbourne battle it out to get three barrels, known as bottles, from the starting ...