The field for the 2025 Italian Open was weakened by withdrawals of Gael Monfils and Kei Nishikori. Monfils and Nishikori are among the most beloved players on the ATP Tour. They are both veterans of ...

Nuns sexually assaulted by priests are one of the last Catholic taboos, but with reports of abuse rising, it is a scandal ...

Geeta Kapur addressed the widespread belief that reality TV shows are scripted, emphasizing the authenticity of emotions ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

With another title this year, Madrid Open champion Aryna Sabalenka is setting the standard across all surfaces and all stages this season, and widening the gap with every match.

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Right now, everything is secret,’ Madagascar Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana said. ‘It’s the moment for prayers right now.’ ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of dinner parties, coffee klatches and private meetings as cardinals in town to elect a ...