The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is to be closed to visitors from Monday due to preparations for the papal conclave, the ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather at some point next month to elect ...

* The Sistine Chapel was first used for a conclave after the death of Sixtus IV in 1484. A number of conclaves have been held ...

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...

Other cultural sites have also been steadily shutting down to visitors as the Vatican marks the death of Pope Francis ...

The funeral service for Pope Francis is taking place Saturday morning at the Vatican. Watch the ceremony live.

The new pope will be chosen by cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, with all of Michelangelo’s genius gazing down on ...

"Maine’s Sistine Chapel" or the South Solon Meeting House, in Waterville, Maine, is covered with 70-year-old fresco murals ...

US Vice President JD Vance’s Vatican visit has made headlines, especially as he was one of the last foreign leaders to meet ...

According to Vatican Museums’ official website, “it is forbidden to take photographs or films with any type of electronic equipment” inside the Sistine Chapel ...

Footage of Vance's Vatican visit was also released by The Times, who credited it to Vatican media, and it shows Vance in the ...