VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the ...

Numerous fireworks displays will take place in the area prior to and on Independence Day starting with the St. Pius X ...

Leo in the private chapel in the Apostolic Palace. Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media via AP. In 2004, ... In 1903, Pope Pius X became the first pontiff to live in the apartments.

Leo in the private chapel in the Apostolic Palace. Francesco Sforza/Vatican Media via AP ... In 1903, Pope Pius X became the first pontiff to live in the apartments.

The Catholic Church has elected its first American pope in history: Cardinal Robert Prevost who will now be known by his papal name, Pope Leo XIV. Shortly after white smoke was seen billowing over ...

Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope on Thursday, appearing on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica as Leo XIV.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, U.S. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, on the central loggia balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, after being selected as pope at the conclave at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

The previous pope, Pius X, had mandated in 1904 that all papers related to the election, not just the ballots, be burned, "thus producing a great deal more white smoke for the final ballot and ...

White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.