Tourists who have booked to visit Rome in the coming weeks will experience the city during a rare historical moment. ...

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

Within the unassuming exterior of English Martyrs Catholic Church in Goring-by-Sea is a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ...

the Sistine Chapel. Below are some facts about the chapel: * Named after Pope Sixtus IV and built from 1473-81, it is 40 metres (131 feet) long, 13 metres (43 feet) wide and 21 metres (69 feet) high, ...

Vance was shown around the Vatican, and he also ended up being led into the Sistine Chapel. While in there he appears to have had his picture taken from behind while holding one of his children, ...

The gaze of those who enter the Sistine Chapel through the ceremonial door – the east door of the building, the one through which popes, cardinals and their retinue have always made their entrance, ...

measured the building upon his return and found it was exactly two-thirds the size of the Sistine Chapel, so set about making a replica. Rather than painting on wet plaster as Michelangelo did ...