President Ferdinand Marcos on April 23 declared four days of national mourning in the Philippines, Asia's Catholic bastion, ...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on April 23 urged Hamas to free all hostages, saying keeping them provided Israel with ...

India took a raft of punitive diplomatic measures against Pakistan on April 23, accusing Islamabad of supporting ...

Tagle is Asia's frontrunner for the papacy and like Francis, seen as a leading advocate for the poor, migrants and ...

Peru's Congress on April 23 denied President Dina Boluarte permission to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, with a lawmaker ...

Francis repeatedly denounced the war in Gaza and regularly phoned a small Christian congregation in besieged territory ...

Francis had touted reconciliation and equality in the Catholic-majority nation, during his tour in the region last year ...

Russia's culture minister will attend Pope Francis' funeral this weekend, the Kremlin said on April 23, as Moscow's ...

The political VIP line-up for the funeral includes US President Donald Trump, France's Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine's Volodymyr ...

Syria is home to a shrinking Catholic minority, whose numbers fell from around one million in 2011 to fewer than 300,000 ...

Pope Francis' open coffin was transferred on the morning of April 23 to St Peter's Basilica for three days of lying in state, ...

In the holy city of Jerusalem, the official response to Pope Francis' death has been largely muted, with an Israeli ...