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 ...

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

Step inside the awe-inspiring Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where Michelangelo’s legendary ceiling frescoes—including The ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

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, ...

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. He was sent to Peru in 1985, ...

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 ...