The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

With no candidate securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the world will need to wait longer for a new ...

American Robert Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV, receiving support from the Most Rev. Oscar A. Solis of Salt Lake City.

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

The Baltimore faithful are marking a new era of the Catholic Church amid the election of the first American to become pope.

What will Pope Leo XIV do? Will he continue the policies of Pope Francis or take the Catholic church in another direction?

Cardinal Robert Prevost, who will become Pope Leo XIV, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after the conclave ...