White smoke was witnessed emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in a direct signal that a new pope has already been elected. The name of the pope has yet to be announced by ...

The Vatican on Tuesday released photos of the Sistine Chapel prepared for the arrival of the cardinal electors who will select the next pope in the conclave set to begin on Wednesday. The ...

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

Four individuals, including a 15-year-old, robbed two teenagers at gunpoint at Chapel View plaza in Cranston, police said. The robbers stole Balenciaga sneakers, high-value clothing and ...

Architecture and Landscape - This chapel, commissioned as a private space for prayer on a rural estate near the city of Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, seeks to establish a profound yet subtle ...

The renewed Rothko Chapel Plaza and the Suzanne Deal Booth Welcome House beyond (© Elizabeth Felicella) “Since the storm, our focus has been on the complete repair of the building, the ...

The BBC gets access to a secret room under the Medici Chapel in Florence, where Michelangelo took refuge during political upheaval. The small chamber, covered in his sketches, has opened to the ...

The room was used to store coal until 1955 and then sealed and forgotten about for decades below a trapdoor that was in turn, hidden beneath furniture. On 15 November, art lovers will be allowed ...

The Bargello Museum, which runs the Medici Chapels under which the room is located, has sold virtually all available tickets to see the space, its walls lined with drawings thought to have been ...

Located under the Medici Chapels, the Italian polymath once used the walls of the space as a canvas to create a series of human figures scrawled in charcoal and chalk. Nearly five decades since it ...