A record-breaking exhibition in Rome celebrates an artist who refused to live in the shadow of Leonardo, Michelangelo and ...

Love and Death, a special cinematic exploration of this legendary artist, on Saturday at 1 p.m. The screening is part of the ...

Skip the tie—gift a medieval adventure! Forbes’ 2025 luxury Father’s Day guide: 5-star hotel stays (Rome to Wales), Vatican ...

Voting takes place by secret ballot under Michelangelo’s famous painted ceiling at the sacred Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Four rounds of balloting are taken every day until a candidate ...

Remains of a sprawling necropolis (“city of the dead”) hidden under St. Peter’s Basilica were discovered ... Mosaics from the fifth century and a ceiling gilded with gold said to have ...

The Sistine Chapel, built by Pope Sixtus and famous for its ceiling and rear wall frescoes ... turning point in history," he said in St. Peter's Basilica. Show more Citing the Apostolic ...

A solemn day began with a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The cardinals walked ... and in silence — beneath Michelangelo’s famed ceiling fresco of the Creation and his monumental “Last ...

Cardinals attend a final Mass St. Peter’s Basilica, before the conclave to ... and in silence — beneath Michelangelo’s famed ceiling fresco of the Creation and his monumental “Last ...

Swear an oath Under a ceiling of frescoes painted by Michelangelo ... prior to the start of the conclave, at St Peter's Basilica in The Vatican. (Photo by Simone Risoluti / VATICAN MEDIA ...