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.

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 ...

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 cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

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 ...

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

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

Harry Styles was among the many spectators that gathered in Vatican City to watch Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, assume his new role as leader of the Catholic Church.

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

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