Thousands of kilometres away from the Vatican, in a slum in Metro Manila, the mass and procession is a prayer on wheels – a plea for a pope who walks with the people, like Pope Francis did.

A massive fire ripped through 500 homes in a slum area in Manila. Drone footage shows the bright orange inferno engulfing homes made of flammable materials in the overcrowded Tondo district ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start ...

The legacy of Pope Francis, who famously exhorted young Catholics to "shake things up" by taking the gospel to "favelas, slums and shantytowns," lives on in the ramshackle neighborhood of 40,000 souls ...

Prayers in the Philippines for another pope good for poor people Nearly 100 people in a slum in Manila, the Philippine capital, were praying Wednesday for the conclave to elect another pope who ...