Castel Gandolfo prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, ...

The Apostolic Palace is not a single building, but a complex consisting of about 1,000 rooms, including: • The Papal Apartments, now partly uninhabited (Pope Francis chose to live in the more ...

Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks of July at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, bringing back a centuries-old ...

Speaking to anti-drug campaigners at the Apostolic Palace, the pope issued a sharp rebuke of drug policy that targets the ...

The papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace in 2007. Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori via Getty Images In 1903, Pope Pius X became the first pontiff to live in the apartments.

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

Pope Leo XIV is reportedly set to reside in the Apostolic Palace, the historic residence of popes for centuries, according to reports. After being elected Thursday as the 267th supreme pontiff of ...

Apostolic Palace sealed after Pope Francis' death Following the death of Pope Francis, Vatican officials sealed his residences at Casa Santa Marta and the Apostolic Palace, ...

Pope Leo XIV is expected to move into the official papal residence, an apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace, departing from the living arrangements used by Pope Francis for 12 years.

The papal apartments occupy the top floor of the palace, a 16th century building that overlooks St. Peter's Square. They feature about 10 rooms, including a bedroom, private library and study ...

The Apostolic Palace, or the Vatican Palace, is not open to the public. However, there are areas that tourists can explore. Visitors can directly see Michelangelo's fresco paintings in the Sistine ...

After a gathering in the Apostolic Palace, the most diverse group of electors ever, from at least 70 different countries, walked in procession from the palace's Pauline Chapel into the adjoining ...