In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

Fresh finds beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre add hard evidence of a first-century garden and the site’s earlier life ...

President Marcos will join world leaders at the Vatican on Saturday to pay his last respects to Pope Francis, Malacañang said ...

RTÉ's Social Affairs and Religion Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely looks at how Rome and the Catholic community are dealing with ...

The Vatican is stepping up its security as thousands of people are descending on Rome ahead of Pope Francis' funeral on ...

Huge crowds are expected at St Peter's Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis on the second day of public tributes ...

Bells rang out as the Pope's coffin was carried across St Peter's Square to lie in state ahead of the funeral on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Patrick Gavigan, based in Kildare, said it was “momentous” to be inside the basilica to witness the Pope’s remains ...

ROME, Italy (KGUN) — Some local teens are in Rome, watching the historic events around the death of Pope Francis.

Merseyside-born Cardinal Nichols exclusively told BBC North West he thought it was "going to pass me by [until] a couple of ...