The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after ...

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 is a renowned site of religious and artistic significance within the Vatican. Built from 1473 to 1481 and ...

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

Another fresco depicts the binding of Isaac, in which a hooded Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son on God's orders. The Great Flood is depicted as it was by Michelangelo at the Sistine Chapel at ...

Built between 1473 and 1481, the Sistine Chapel is visited by around five million people a year. It is most renowned for Michelangelo’s ceiling frescoes and The Last Judgment, painted on the ...

Michelangelo ... that had darkened the frescoes. The results divided experts and amateurs, with some criticising the dazzling colours as too bright. * The Sistine Chapel was first used for a ...

Michelangelo was commissioned ... dirt and soot that had darkened the frescoes. The results divided experts and amateurs, with some criticising the dazzling colours as too bright. * The Sistine Chapel ...

One of Pope Francis’ final encounters before his death was with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who visited the Vatican over the weekend. The meeting took place on Easter Sunday, just a day before ...