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.

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

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 ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

C atholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect ...

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

When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

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