The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

Inside the Sistine Chapel, each cardinal elector stood before his assigned seat, facing the Book of the Gospels, placed on a ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican were closed on Wednesday, signalling the start of a ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the ...

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84), who commissioned it. The three-storey brick ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...

The Sistine Chapel is where Catholic cardinals will elect a new pope. Take a tour of the church’s breathtaking interior.