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.

He now leads a sovereign nation, Vatican City, and the U.S. State Department says that for an American to retain citizenship ...

Pope Leo XIV has only been in the job one day and already faces a packed schedule of religious services, diplomatic meetings ...

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election by the college of cardinals on Thursday surprised millions of Catholics around the world, including ...

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 ...

The German Synodal Committee meets this weekend without four bishops, who will not participate due to the Vatican’s warning ...

The Vatican, the smallest country in the world, has an economy shrouded in secrecy. Here are some little known facts that ...