Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow, I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, ...

The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.

Pope Francis had lived in the Santa Marta guest house in the Vatican, not far from St Peter's Basilica, since his election in ...

Later in the morning, local Churches started tolling the death knell from their bell towers. The request had come from ...

Despite Rome’s glorious architecture ... including those who lived in the countryside – lived in a domus. This was a house built around an unroofed courtyard, or atrium.

Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican ...

US Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell announces the death of Pope Francis at 88, with Vatican media broadcasting the news from St.