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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Vatican City witnessed a historic moment on May 8, 2025, as white smoke emerged from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, ...

Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...

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

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

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 ...