On August 15, 1483, Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel. The works of Michelangelo were years away—the artist was only eight years old at the time and had no idea what the building's ...

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 renowned Sistine Chapel is a chapel within the Apostolic Palace, which is the pope’s official residence in Vatican City. Although, it was not always known by that name.

What it's like inside the Sistine Chapel, where the papal conclave is being held This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter’s Square to await their decision, after the first ...

WSJ. Magazine; The Sistine Chapel: A Rare Behind-the-Scenes Look at How Its Masterpieces Are Maintained Many have seen the Sistine Chapel: It welcomes nearly seven million visitors per year.

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.

A faithful prays with a rosary as he waits for the smoke to rise from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as conclave to elect a new Pope starts, at St Peter's Square in The Vatican, on May 7, 2025.

Michelangelo‘s famed Sistine Chapel is coming to cities across the U.S. thanks to high-resolution, nearly full-scale reproductions of the artist’s famed frescoes. (The originals, of course ...