Pope Francis

Benedict will lie in state until Wednesday evening, with his funeral taking place on Thursday

Almost all submissions to the synodal process initiated by Pope Francis raise the issue and want to see debate about ordaining women to the priesthood

Ambassador to Holy See likely to be State’s sole official representative at St Peter’s as President not attending

Pope Francis presides at Mass in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of three days of public mourning for predecessor

Photograph taken on December 1st showed Benedict looking exceptionally weak

Pontiff calls for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts

Francis presides over evening Mass amid splendour of St Peter’s Basilica

Resignation of predecessor Benedict XVI was first papal resignation in six centuries

Rite & Reason: There is no doubt about the crisis the planet is facing or the urgency of an adequate response

‘We must regain our resonance with the world to avoid passing on a hostile and volatile planet Earth’

Former president accused Pope of ‘misogynistic drivel’ following interview justifying exclusion of women

Move involves Caritas Internationalis following bullying accusations

The concept of the parish and its place in everyday life needs to be rethought if the church is to stop ‘losing young people after Confirmation’

‘The reality of it is just beginning to dawn. They’re left with empty spaces within their homes and families. One minute you could be coping, the next it is hard to cope’

All churches and faiths struggle with that most thorny of issues — human sexuality

Pope Francis appeals for talks as he deplores `spiral of violence and death' in Ukraine

Former president describes document as ‘the worst-ever offensive sexist material’

Calls for radical change in church dealings with women, as well as its treatment of LGBTI+ people and removal of mandatory celibacy rule for priests

The pontiff is purposefully, incessantly trying to reshape modern society to be more hospitable to the old

Pontiff asks forgiveness from indigenous peoples, particularly survivors of residential schools

Pontiff holds open-air service for thousands in Edmonton after making historic apology

Pontiff on ‘pilgrimage of penance’ in country over church’s treatment of indigenous

Better treatment for women and LGBTI+ people along with married priests are among changes urged by dioceses in consultation reports to be collated at a national assembly in Athlone this weekend

As we were going out, Pope Francis said to us: ‘I have a tough job here. You have to pray for me.’ He said that in English’

Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo in Ireland for five years but has appointed 12 bishops

Irish MEP says conflict is now 'proxy war' between Nato and Russia

Ukrainian officials say 200 civilians are still trapped inside despite evacuations

Evacuation of civilians from Mariupol stalls; hundreds still trapped in Azovstal steel works

Pelosi tells Zelenskiy US is ‘here until victory is won’ during surprise visit to Kyiv

Msgr John Kennedy will examine clerical child abuse allegations after shake-up

‘Russia is failing’ in war aims, says US secretary of state after meeting in Kyiv

May we pray to God that those who are unleashing such violence on the world will stop

Officials fear over 20,000 residents may have died in six-week siege of Mariupol

Missile strikes kill seven people in Lviv, 11 injured

Hope is springing from the grassroots through dialogue of small parish groups

Kirill remains intractable despite considerable backlash against his support for war

US looking at further sanctions but says it has not yet seen proof amounting to genocide

Apology sought for Catholic Church’s role in schools where children were abused

Deputy prime minister rejects Russian call for Mariupol surrender

Civilian death toll from hostilities since invasion is at least 364, says United Nations