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.

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

Being here in Rome, being part of something that’s thousands of years old, and seeing a list of every pope since St. Peter — you see this continuous chain, and you just know you’re part of ...

His tally was rising with each round of voting, while support for the early front-runner—Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin—was ...

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

The brothers shared childhood memories, including Robert’s early devotion to becoming a priest - playing “priest” instead of ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as ...

President Sheinbaum was among the first leaders in Mexico to extend her congratulations to Pope Leo XIV, the newly elected ...

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, will be the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter and he will be known as Leo XIV. He is the ...