The Religion News Service article makes depressing but instructive reading, from its use of the queer pastors’ picture, to ...

The Italian master destroyed many of his drawings, intended for his eyes only, Muscarelle Museum of Art offers show of 25 ...

William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art presents an illuminating exhibition of the Renaissance master’s drawings for the ...

Entering the Sistine Chapel is an exercise in wonder. It is swathed in art, seemingly no expense spared, and there’s barely a soul inside to detract from the visual onslaught. To anyone who has ...

The extraordinary is everywhere in the Eternal City, and the best thing about this second Sistine Chapel is that you won’t ...

White smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on March 13, 2013, indicating that the College of Cardinals had elected Pope Francis. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images ...

From the most stylish hotels to stay in to the celebrity-loved restaurants to book, this is ELLE's luxury guide to visiting ...

When the cardinals meet, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of secrecy and vote by secret ballot. Only cardinals under age 80 are eligible to vote.

The exhibition celebrates Michelangelo’s famous paintings on the walls and ceilings of the Vatican City’s Sistine Chapel, displaying the artist’s preparatory drawings for these final frescoes. “The ...

Like Michelangelo’s in the Sistine Chapel, Pontormo’s frescoes in San Lorenzo depicted ... At one point he claims to have leaped from the roof of the Palazzo della Signoria, landing unhurt in a ...