Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs, calendars, bookmarks, medals and jewellery, among other things. Too ...

C onflicting SIGNALS are reaching the new American administration from Rome. And some carry a whiff of incense. While Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, was preparing to fly to Washington to ...

Marcela was a sex worker in her late 40s who, like Francis, hailed from Argentina ... was named pope, Claudia had dashed to ...

"For decades, he [Francis] served the voiceless and vulnerable across Argentina. As Pope Francis ... California residents were placed under a red flag warning through Thursday amid threats ...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who has just turned 88 and ... and had part of one of his lungs removed in his native Argentina. He has suffered from influenza and related problems a number ...