The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who commissioned it. The three-storey brick building was created to serve as a space for meetings of the papal court. It was ...

In a ritual dating back to medieval times, 133 cardinal electors will take an oath of perpetual secrecy under the gaze of the stern Christ depicted in Michelangelo's Last Judgement fresco, which ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. More ...

5:47 a.m. May 8, 2025: This story updated with new information. VATICAN CITY — Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel again on Thursday morning as cardinals failed to agree on a ...

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the conclave began. A group of 133 cardinal electors began their behind-closed-doors ...

King Charles and Pope Leo prayed together at the Vatican in the first joint worship including an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since 1534.

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sistine Chapel Experience announced that one of its partners, producer Gary Lucchesi, received the prestigious Ordine al Merito del Lavoro award from ...