The Vatican Museums on June 26 unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that ...

The Rev. James Kelly, a venerable figure in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has marked an extraordinary dual milestone, ...

As the Chicago White Sox honor Pope Leo XIV with an outdoor Mass on Saturday, his 2005 World Series seat has become a pilgrimage site for the faithful.

David Kim, a Catholic altar server, stands for a portrait before a Mass at ... In the Vatican, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new leader of their faith had been ...

They sing Gregorian chants in Latin, pray and receive Communion at a side chapel — inside the huge, nondenominational Princeton Chapel — that young, devoted Catholics see as a sacred refuge in a ...

Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He became the first American pope in history.

Black smoke spewed from the Sistine Chapel chimney after the 1st conclave vote Wednesday, meaning a new pope has not yet been selected. Cardinals will continue to vote until white smoke appears ...

What time is the Pope's first mass? The Pope will lead mass in the Sistine Chapel at 11:00 local time (5:00 am ET), where he'll be joined by the rest of the cardinals that elected him.

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the altar and Michelangelo's The Last Judgment behind it.

The Vatican released video images of the moments after Leo's secret election on Thursday, showing him praying at a chapel altar and shaking hands and receiving congratulations in a sea of scarlet ...

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) By Associated Press ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the ...