Men's tennis world number one and Italy's own Jannik Sinner failed to triumph in Rome's Italian Open ... this was his return to the court after a 104-day absence. Despite the defeat, the balance ...

After an absorbing first set, Sinner's understandable lack of match toughness saw Alcaraz dance to victory in Rome.

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected 267th pontiff by the College of Cardinals during a papal conclave on ...

There, she prayed on her knees before a painting of the Virgin Mary, beseeching God for the grace to enter the Carmelite ...

The other symbolically important moment of the Mass is the representational rite of obedience to Leo: Whereas in the past all cardinals would vow obedience to the new pope, more recent papal ...

Fr Dominic Robinson SJ, parish priest at Farm Street Jesuit Church in London, told a panel on exploring the moral and ...

The Spaniard beat the Italian champion, who returned to the court after a 104-day break. Sinner's reaction: 'Bravo Carlos, ...

His past gives us the impression that newly elected Pope Leo XIV is a living saint. But is he also the Pope prophesied by St.

Pope Gregory I, known as Gregory the Great, was one of the most important popes, and his positive legacy is still felt today ...

Europe's Royal Families travelled to St Peter's Square in Vatican City to attend Pope Leo XIV's historic inauguration mass on ...

The Dioscuri, the Ancient Roman statues of demigods Castor and Pollux that have welcomed visitors to Rome's Campidoglio ...