Still, there are always front-runners, known as "papabile", who have at least some of the qualities considered necessary to ...

Friends and family of the father-of-six slain on Chapel Street in Melbourne in a stabbing frenzy say they are shattered by ...

Machete-wielding bandits have held a knife to the stomach of a South Yarra store assistant in an aggressive robbery.

The world has reacted quickly to the news of the death of Pope Francis at age 88 on Easter Monday. Within hours of hearing of ...

Kaison Greaves, known as Kai, nine, died in the freak accident South West Rocks north of Port Macquarie, on the Mid North ...

"Australian Catholics and faithful around the world give thanks for the life of their holy Father. Pope Francis, Bishop of Rome," Albanese said. "Today, the prayers of more than a billion people from ...

King Charles said Pope Francis will be remembered for his "compassion" as he paid tribute just weeks after visiting the ...

Thi Kim Tran, originally from Vietnam, moved to Australia for a better life and to raise a family.But last Thursday night the 45-year-old was kidnapped from her Bankstown home and then killed. (Nine) ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins. They involve the certification of death and public ...

Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María Sívori, the daughter of Italian ...

Police found the stolen Rexton crashed in Landsborough near Forestry Road about half an hour later. Police found the firearm ...