Rome
CNN
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On most days, the Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations, but this week it served as the world’s most secretive polling station as 133 cardinals voted for the 267th pope.
On Friday, the chapel was restored to its central purpose: A place of worship.
There, the newly elected pontiff, Leo XIV, held a private service for the cardinals, marking his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion members.
Leo, a 69-year-old from Chicago – who was until Thursday known as Cardinal Robert Prevost – made history on Thursday when he became the first pope from the United States.
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