The Pope stood for world peace. He preached compassion. He opposed the widening inequality and social injustice which define ...

Francis opted for burial in Santa Maria Maggiore, located in Rome's most multi-cultural neighbouhood. No pope has been laid ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria ...

Rome faces larger-than-usual crowds due to the Jubilee and the Pope's funeral, but tourism is expected to largely continue as ...

ROME (Reuters) - From patrols on the River Tiber to surveillance drones and snipers deployed around St. Peter’s Square, Rome is preparing to throw a thoroughly modern security shield around the ...

Catholic faithful and admirers of Pope Francis flooded St Peter's Square and the streets of Rome on Saturday in full force to ...

celebrated his first Mass on Christmas Day in 1538. St. Mary Major is a pontifical basilica, one of four in Rome, and has never been destroyed, damaged or burned over the ages, with history dating ...

But New England remained defiantly Scrooge-like; as late as 1850, schools and markets remained open on Christmas Day. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow finally noted a "transition state about Christmas ...

Back in 324AD, the first St Peters was knocked up - as it were - and it was still going strong in 800AD when Charlemagne spent his Christmas Day being crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Eight of the ...