Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

From Tom Cruise leaping between Shanghai skyscrapers using a makeshift swing in Mission: Impossible III, to a daredevil ...

It has traditionally been the second most symbolic building in the Vatican, after St. Peter's Basilica.Leo XIVinstructed on ...

And yet conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, ...

is located on the third floor of the Apostolic Palace, with windows overlooking St. Peter's Square. Traditionally, it has been the private residence of every Pope since the 16th century.

Leo was picking up the papal tradition of offering ... in the Vatican rather than move into the palace, eventually taking over much of the second floor. The 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary ...

Then, too, he delivered a message of peace.Leo was picking up the papal tradition ... rather than move into the palace, eventually taking over much of the second floor.The 69-year-old Chicago ...

For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday blessing the pope delivers from a window overlooking St. Peter’s Square.

His most recent predecessors delivered Sunday blessings, including their first, from a window in the Apostolic Palace overlooking the square. Here is a look at the history, meaning and memorable ...