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.

Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

An Omaha native now reports in the Holy See. She's been in Rome since 2016 and has had the opportunity to cover the recent ...

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

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV lived in St. Louis, Missouri, in the 1970s while studying to become a priest. He was in a parish ...

LONDON and VATICAN CITY -- All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with ... a guide who knows how to go beyond the confines of ...

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

In a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

Cardinal electors chose the head of the Catholic Church as those outside watched for the telltale white smoke from the ...