Just months after Pope Francis visited ... Like Francisco' - Francis's visit was a feverish sight compared to the sombre, week-long mourning period currently underway in Asia's youngest nation.

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

The body of Pope Francis will be buried this Saturday ... Chinese world and editor of the digital newspaper Asia News, said this spells the end of a Eurocentric custom that assigned an ...

Tagle also accompanied Francis on his first international trip to Asia in 2014, when the pontiff visited South Korea. Pope Francis achieved several "firsts" in Asia, including becoming the first ...