Bells tolled at Catholic churches around the world as followers mourn the death of Pope Francis just a day after Easter Sunday, the holiest day in the Christian calendar.

The ruthless leader of Asia’s most powerful drug syndicate.

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church will begin the long and highly secretive process of electing a new ...

King Charles III said he was “most deeply saddened” by Francis’s death, praising his “compassion” and commitment to unity and ...

Pope Francis has died aged 88, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025. His death came one day after a brief appearance to ...

This is the moment Pope Francis’s death was announced by senior Catholic officials at the Vatican.

Potential successors to Pope Francis are Ghana’s Peter Turkson, Luis Tagle of the Philippines and Hungary’s Peter Erdo.

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Pope Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday, a day before his death. Too weak to give his full traditional ...

Access to el-Fasher and nearby camps ‘dangerously restricted’, with up to 450,000 people estimated to be on the move.

The pope, who pushed for a less opaque Vatican and connected to common and marginalised people’s concerns, dies aged 88.

A popular market in Yemen’s capital was one of the areas hit in the latest US air strikes, killing at least 12 people.