Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on euronews

Newly installed Pope Leo XIV will hold a Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected as the surprise choice to be the leader of the Catholic Church, becoming the first U.S. pontiff.

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the Church.