Pope Leo XIV hopes that “everyone will be able to enjoy some vacation time in order to restore both body and spirit.” ...

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

The new pope also saw the apartments' private chapel. Leo in the private chapel in the Apostolic Palace. Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media via AP In 2004, a photographer captured an image of ...

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

Leo in the private chapel in the Apostolic Palace. Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media via AP In 2004, a photographer captured an image of Pope John Paul II praying in this room for victims of the ...

FRAYER: Within Vatican City is the Sistine Chapel, named for Pope Sixtus IV, who oversaw renovations here in the late 15th century. As we inch toward the building, we see it's actually ...

The personal chapel of the Holy Father is the official place for the pope’s prayers and Masses. A cropped version of the official portrait of Pope Leo XIV, published by the Vatican on May 10 ...

Pope Francis's body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. From left, Dean Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, unidentified bishop, ...

Pope Leo XIV, history's first North American pope, has celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals elected the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost to ...

Immediately after a pope’s death is confirmed by the head of the Vatican’s health department and the body is dressed in a white cassock and brought to the pope’s private chapel, the cardinal ...

Pope Francis's body is laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. From left, Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego ...

Once the College of Cardinals elects a new pope, the candidate is formally asked in the Sistine Chapel if he accepts the election and, if so, to choose his papal name.