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Catholic cardinals will enter into conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding their breath over an uncertain outcome.

Scottish Labour have been forced to apologise after the party's by-election candidate got the pope's name wrong ...

Of 135 cardinals eligible to take part in choosing successor, late pontiff appointed about 110 including conservatives

One of pontiff’s last acts was to simplify papal rites, stripping away elaborate rituals and scaling back procession

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often

For fans of Conclave, there’s quite the inside story of the real thing in 2013 in the Pope’s new autobiography. We find that he arrived at the cardinals’ guest house with two cassocks and a return ticket to Buenos Aires. He was frisked, like the other cardinal electors, for phones,…

Dominican friar hailed as ‘prophet of the poor’ for belief that the church had political duty to end poverty

‘I was jumping on the streets of Gangnam,’ the actor said

Heroin use has risen sharply across the country but in Pretoria, a programme of methadone and support is successfully helping people regain their lives