First Lady Melania Trump joined her husband Donald and other world leaders, royals and religious figures from around the ...

The shortest conclave history was in 1503, when Pope Julius II was elected in just under 10 hours. The 2013 papal conclave, ...

Proceedings began at 10am local time (9am BST) with the service taking place at St Peter's Basilica in front of 200,000 ...

Presidents, prime ministers and cardinals are among those bidding a final farewell to a religious leader described as "a pope ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in the Vatican for the funeral of the Pope, with the faithful reminded of Francis' call to "build bridges, not walls".