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.

The Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world gathering May 7 in Vatican City to elect a pope must untangle a complex web of issues as they consider candidates to lead the church's 1.4 billion ...

An American rabbi has voiced optimism for Catholic-Jewish relations after the election of Pope Leo XIV, saying his ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV met Thursday at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, in one of his ...

Incoming Pope Leo XIV faces what some call the most-challenging environment for religion in China since Mao Tse-tung.

Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including President Donald Trump, Prince William, and President Volodymyr Zelensky.