More than five hundred years ago, Michelangelo unveiled the vault of the Sistine Chapel—one of the supreme masterpieces of ...

The most-watched chimney in the world right now is the one attached to the Sistine Chapel, which signaled around noon E.T. on May 8 that a new pope has been chosen. Massive crowds cheered in Vatican ...

What do Michelangelo's famous frescos look like up close? An exhibit at the Warwick Mall brings them down from the ceiling to eye level.

The Florentine artist spent four years painting the challenging chapel against his will, but would have much rather been sculpting - Lucas Schifres/Getty Images Contributor Michelangelo never wanted ...

Perched on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, three birds were the among the first to glimpse the white smoke signaling a new pope. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Three sea gulls, including a chick, were ...

The visit was scheduled for April but was postponed after Pope Francis' final illness​, shortly before his death.

Michelangelo unveils the Sistine Chapel ceiling, but the process prompts a crisis of faith. After four long years, Michelangelo finally unveils the completed Sistine Chapel ceiling. The Chapel's ...

Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III, who is also head of the Anglican Church, made history on Thursday by praying together in ...

For the first time in history, a British monarch and a pope prayed together in the Sistine Chapel in an event of great ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the Vatican for a visit and a historic moment of prayer ...