The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

A vintage yellow Fiat 500 sits outside the doors of Casa Monti, reminding you – just in case you managed to forget on your ...

After 12 years as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis died early this morning at the age of 88.

POPE Francis died from a cerebral stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure, the Vatican has revealed, with the ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons, upheld it in ...

Ongoing digs at a Roman villa in the town of Villajoyosa in Spain, have revealed more than 4,000 fragments of wall paintings.

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

IN his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome’s Basilica of St Mary Major and said he had offered his ...

After the death of Pope Francis, a new pope will be elected in a process called a papal conclave. See how accurate the 2024 film "Conclave" is.