The mother of Madeleine McCann has returned to the Portuguese resort where her daughter went missing six years ago. Kate McCann was pictured leavi...

Friday marks the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Madeleine was nearly four when she went missing on May 3, 2007, durin...

Argentina's president, Cristina Kirchner, has called on Pope Francis, with whom she is reported to have "frosty" relations , to intervene over the Fal...

"Daddy, why are we waiting a whole hour to see a new pope?" my 13 year-old daughter asks as I rush back and forth from the kitchen, where I am cooking dinner, to the sitting-room, anxious not to miss the first glimpse of the newly elected pope on SKY television.

We have far more sophisticated communication techniques than a chimney stack. But it got me wondering. Is part of our fascination with events in St Peter's Square a longing for a simpler time? Is it the mystery and the tradition of the whole event that we love?

A rose-pink angel-shaped cloud has appeared above the skies of Florida, hours after the new Pope made his first appearance at the Vatican. News ch...

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Black smoke has belched from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signifying no new pope has been chosen on the first day of pontifications. Pope Be...

The Huffington Post pictures of the day brings you the very best images from around the world chosen by our own photo editors, Elliot Wagland, Matthew...

On Sunday, 29 March 1739, two young men, aspiring authors and student friends from Eton College and Cambridge, departed Dover for the Continent.

The Pope had become nearly blind in one eye and had been falling out of bed 'several times' whilst on foreign trips, making him very tired for his pap...

The top Catholic theologians in line for the Papacy come from diverse countries, backgrounds and many have courted controversyy over some more entrenc...

From Oscar Pistorius, Snowstorm Nemo to The Pope resigning and Katy Perry's revealing dress at The Grammys. Take a look at our pictures of the week...

The Church has lost its way.

The resignation of the head of the Catholic Church has been greeted with a show of flesh by topless FEMEN protesters. A handful of women stormed P...

Some thoughts over pizza at a restaurant in Rome after a 14 hour day on three hours sleep. I'm in Italy reporting on the Pope when another story breaks. Pictures of the royal baby bump appear in an Italian gossip magazine. Back to work for me, I'll never get to finish that pizza now.

In his first public appearance since announcing his resignation, Pope Benedict XVI said he had felt "almost physically" strengthened by the love and p...

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came like "a bolt from the blue", according to the dean of the College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano. And it was...

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Over the years Pope Benedict XVI has received more than his fair share of gifts from world leaders, including presents from Queen Elizabeth, Barack Ob...