Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

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 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, ...

As per the tradition, cardinals will gather under Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling to elect Francis's successor. Steeped in centuries-old tradition, the Vatican's process of selecting a new ...

“This is not my art,” was Michelangelo’s succinct response when Pope Julius II asked him to paint a simple, geometric composition with the 12 apostles on the ceiling of the Sistine Chape ...

The South Solon Meeting House in Waterville, Maine, is known by locals as "Maine’s Sistine Chapel," according to The Associated Press (AP). Inside the building, the walls and ceilings are ...