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, a native of Chicago, is a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s office ...

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

Charles Warner, who left a biomedical engineering career to pursue priesthood, helped distribute Holy Communion at Pope ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Vatican City is located in Rome, along the Tiber River. Yes, the Vatican is its own country. In fact, it's the smallest fully independent nation state in the world, according to Britannica. The ...