The Vatican has released first images of Pope Francis, showing him in his casket with the Vatican secretary of state praying over him.

An initiative launched by a 12‑year‑old boy will see a parcel of land within a development zone in Swieqi transformed into an open space for the enjoyment of other children and the wider ...

A son of Italian immigrants, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 December, 1936, it was only natural for Pope Francis to focus a lot on the plight of migrants, refugees and all uprooted people in ...

The Acting President of Malta, former Minister, former Member of the European Parliament, and former Secretary General of the Partit Nazzjonalista Francis Zammit Dimech will be given a final farewell ...

Cardinals will meet Tuesday at the Vatican to begin scheduling Pope Francis' funeral and burial, planning the conclave to elect his successor and making other decisions about ...

A change in popes - through death or resignation - is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church ...

He was a pope who understood the power of a simple touch: caressing the deformed head of a man in St. Peter's Square, washing the feet of a Muslim prisoner, sinking to his hands and knees to implore ...

The Vatican said Monday the cause of Francis' death was a stroke that put him into a coma and led to heart failure. It also ...

Malta has declared tomorrow, Tuesday 22 April, as a national day of mourning as a show of respect to Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday morning. In a statement, the government also said ...

Tributes have been flooding Maltese social media after the death of former PN MP Francis Zammit Dimech. His death was announced Monday afternoon by Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech, ...

Former Nationalist MP Francis Zammit Dimech, who in this legislature was named also Acting President, has died after a long batted with cancer. He was aged 70. His death was announced by ...

Former Labour Party backbencher Silvio Grixti has publicly denounced the Chief Executive of the Housing Authority, Matthew Zerafa, for the comments he made in an interview with TThe Malta Independent ...