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.

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

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

Vatican City — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

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

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

Roman Emperor Constantine the Great officially declared Constantinople his “New Rome” and the capital of the Roman Empire on ...

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

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