Charles and Camilla’s visit was arranged at the last minute and took place on their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9.

Politicians and religious leaders in Scotland have paid tribute to Pope Francis following his death on Easter Monday. First Minister John Swinney said it was with “deep sadness” he had learned of the ...

Irish leaders have paid tribute to Pope Francis as “a remarkable figure” who had a “profound commitment to alleviating suffering”. The President of Ireland said Pope Francis had approached his papacy ...

MPs from across the political spectrum also paid tribute to Francis, with several noting his compassion for the poor and refugees.

Singer and actor Jay McGuiness has remembered his The Wanted bandmate Tom Parker as a “massive life force” who was “hilarious”. Parker died in 2022 at the age of 33, 17 months after announcing his ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and Archbishop of Westminster, said: “The death of Pope Francis brings great sadness to so many around the ...

Pope Francis’s “common touch” and ability to connect easily with people is a huge loss to the Catholic Church, said an expert who recalled sharing a football joke with the pontiff. Professor Anna ...

Pope Francis had died at the age of 88, a senior Vatican official has announced. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated ...

A Catholic nun and theologian has praised Pope Francis for placing women in decision-making positions within the Church but expressed her wish that his successor can go “further and faster” on the ...

US air strikes targeting Yemen’s capital have killed 12 people and injured 30 others, the Houthi rebels said early on Monday. The deaths mark the latest in America’s intensified campaign of attacks ...

Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. “At 7.35am this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His ...

The group’s secretary recalled how the Pope had told them, in a brief meeting after a morning audience in St Peter’s Square, that it was “wonderful” to hear they were an officially recognised group.