Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

Downings-born Monsignor Eamonn McLaughlin is one of the canons at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in central Rome where Pope ...

U.S. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, “camerlengo” or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, stands before the body of Pope Francis in ...

Devotees of first millennial saint are awestruck and grateful to find themselves on a very different sort of pilgrimage as ...

Oh, how I would like a poor church, and for the poor.” Pope Francis I was half-way through the autobiography of Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis's open coffin was transferred Wednesday to St Peter's Basilica for three days of lying in state, with thousands ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...

The Pilgrim Walk — that stretches 132km from Armagh to Downpatrick, and which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary ...

What follows the death of a pope. In this article a step-by-step guide of what happens next from mourning to burial to ...

Pope Francis was the 266th pontiff, having taken over from Pope Benedict in 2013. Francis made history as the first pope ...

According to tradition, the Salus Populi Romani was painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist. Before each of his international trips, Pope Francis visited the icon, and Catholic News Agency estimated in ...