The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland and Irish President Michael D Higgins are among those travelling to Rome on Friday ...

The BBC has taken a look back at archive footage of previous Popes' funerals, as far back as Pope Pius XII in 1958 through to Pope Benedict XVI in 2022. Video produced by Ian Casey.

BBC One's schedule has undergone some big changes this weekend, with two hit programmes pulled from the channel ...

More than 200 000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis' funeral, taking place on Saturday in the huge Vatican square ...

Vatican turns into fortress for world leaders set to fly in to bid farewell - Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday ...

Hours after Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday departed for Vatican City to attend the funeral of Pope Francis later this week. She is ...

The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file ...

Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter ...

Pope Francis began his papacy in 2013 during the Obama administration, but former President Barack Obama is not planning to ...

Pope Francis is breaking with tradition when it comes to where he will be laid to rest – choosing a light-filled basilica ...