Pope Leo XIV is on vacation at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, a 135-acre estate featuring multiple ...

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 ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century.. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

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 ...

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 ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

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, ...

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.