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.

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

The Baltimore faithful are marking a new era of the Catholic Church amid the election of the first American to become pope.

The white smoke has appeared, the people screamed, and now we wait for the new Pontiff to come out onto the balcony. Here's ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

When white smoke rose out of the Vatican on Thursday, Catholics in Roanoke were watching from their screens in delight as ...

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

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

By Stephanie Shakaa For over two thousand years, the papacy has been shaped by the bloodlines of Europe,an uninterrupted ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Students at St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic school witnessed history Thursday with the selection of the first-ever American-born ...

Huge cheers from the crowd as the white smoke rises, everyone is running forward to see it. People are jumping up and down ...