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 ...

The Sistine Chapel has closed to the public so it can be prepared for the conclave, a gathering of cardinals who will elect the next pope. The treasured art historical site has closed to the ...

The 1.4bn Catholics around the world might be surprised to find out the home of their Holy Father has been named Europe’s ...

The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century.. However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II ...

Painted by Michelangelo on the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, "The Creation of Adam" is one of the world's largest and ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine Chapel and its significance ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope.

In fact, this will be only the 26th conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel, and there have been 266 popes. LUCIANO GAGLIANO: The conclave in the past could be organized everywhere, not only Rome ...

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting on Monday ... “For Pope Francis, art must be accessible to everyone,” she told Vatican News. “He asked us to be an open house.

The South Solon Meeting House in Waterville, Maine, is known by locals as "Maine’s Sistine Chapel" for its 70-year-old fresco murals painted by an array of artists.

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St Peter's Basilica rang out on March 13, 2013, signaling that Roman Catholic Cardinals had ended their conclave and elected a new leader ...