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.

"We are simply overjoyed," said Sister Barbara Reid, president of Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, where Pope Leo ...

One Erie bishop met the new pope almost a decade ago in Rome. Another bishop with local ties is going to Pope Leo XIV's ...

Spain’s confraternities often make headlines in the foreign press as their Holy Week processions have become a tourist ...

More than a dozen members of the Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Wheaton already traveling in Rome witnessed papal ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Italy, where he is set to attend Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass on Sunday.

Starting July 1, the Catholic churches that serve Rome and Lee Center will merge into a single parish. Church leaders said ...

With Pope Francis' passing, the Roman Catholic Church is focused on electing his replacement. Here's what that means.

In lavish halls, days before a conclave will select a new pope, power brokers came together for a mix of devotion, activism, ...

ROME — They don’t have a vote in the election of a pope, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female religious orders ...

On the second day of the conclave, white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel, meaning a new pope has been elected.