The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV ... The iconic image is known for the depiction of the two figures' hands almost touching, symbolizing the creation of the first man.

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The ... arrived fully formed—not from the hand of an artist but from that of a god.

Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals who ... showing God’s outstretched hand imparting the divine spark of life to the first man. The chapel is named after Pope ...

before they entered the Sistine Chapel, but that they would not be confiscated. But he said in a later briefing, they would need to hand their phones over at Santa Marta and would only get them ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals' conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...

Sixteen days after Pope Francis's death, cardinals from around the world have shut themselves away for as long as it takes to vote for their new leader.