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.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to ...

Moment When White Smoke Billows From The Chimney Of The Sistine Chapel In Vatican White smoke billows from the chimney of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, painted a picture of the Catholic Church he would like to see, ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

He had the good papal housekeeping seal of approval from Pope Francis, his predecessor, who put him in one of the top jobs in ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...

Any cardinal electors who have made the trip to Vatican City but take ill or are too frail to make it to the Sistine Chapel can take part in voting. To facilitate that, three cardinal electors ...

Pope Leo XIV emerged from the conclave as the first American pontiff in history, he headed back into the Sistine Chapel to celebrate the liturgy.