The new pope will be chosen by cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, with all of Michelangelo’s genius gazing down on ...

Other cultural sites have also been steadily shutting down to visitors as the Vatican marks the death of Pope Francis ...

The Sistine Chapel, nestled deep within Vatican City's guarded walls, is instantly recognized for Michelangelo's artistic ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather at some point next month to elect ...

According to Vatican Museums’ official website, “it is forbidden to take photographs or films with any type of electronic ...

US Vice President JD Vance’s Vatican visit has made headlines, especially as he was one of the last foreign leaders to meet ...

One of the photos from Vance’s Vatican visit – of him holding his son and watching the world-renowned painting by ...

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...

Michelangelo's ceiling frescoes ... “Without having seen the Sistine Chapel, one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.” As the Church prepares to elect a new spiritual ...

“This is not my art,” was Michelangelo’s succinct response when Pope Julius II asked him to paint a simple, geometric composition with the 12 apostles on the ceiling of the Sistine Chape ...