The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

The Sistine Chapel's doors closed for a secret conclave where 133 cardinals will elect a new pope. Accompanied by Latin ...

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.

Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II, commissioned works by Michelangelo, who painted the ceiling and vaults depicting ...

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the altar and ...

Michelangelo painted the Last Judgment fresco on the west wall for Pope Paul III between 1534 and 1541. The two gigantic frescoes are considered among the greatest achievements in Western artistic ...