In Paris or New York, they might queue to see the French master’s work, but not here in the Vatican Museums in Rome, where ...

It was on November 1, 1512,  that public entry was first allowed in the Sistine Chapel. Built between 1473 and 1481, the chapel walls feature scenes from the lives of Moses and Jesus Christ, painted ...

With international travel far on the horizon, we’ve all been looking for local attractions to help fill the void while getting to know our own backyard a little bit better—and, when you start looking, ...

Five hundred years ago, on Oct. 31, 1512, Pope Julius II led an evening prayer service to inaugurate the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's newly finished vault frescoes. But as Pope Benedict XVI on ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the Vatican for a unique visit combining ceremonial ...

SAN ANTONIO – Have you dreamt of visiting Michelangelo’s historic painting at the Sistine Chapel but thought you might never get the chance? If so, your dreams have been answered because a traveling ...

The royal visit to the Vatican marks the first time in nearly 500 years that a British monarch, head of the Anglican church, ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV. This historic meeting aims to ...

DETROIT (AP) — The "Pope's Choir" is coming to the U.S. for the first time in three decades. The Sistine Chapel Choir will perform in New York, Washington and Detroit in September, organizers of the ...

(Reuters) - Pope Francis made a surprise personal visit to 150 homeless people on a special tour of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in the latest nod to his vision of creating a church for the poor.