Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

After that unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime experience of being a participant in a conclave with 132 other brother cardinals ...

The unvirginal hands of a gay man decorated the walls and ceilings the most famous church in the world: the Sistine Chapel.

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope filed into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, before locking themselves away from the world to elect the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided ...

making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo, meet James Bond. Sign up here. On Wednesday afternoon, about 133 cardinals under the age of 80 will ...

the works of the Sistine Chapel speak to consciences, as pointed out by Pope Benedict XVI, who, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo’s vault in 2012, invited people to ...

The Sistine Chapel hosted its first conclave in 1492, and every conclave since 1878 has taken place there. Pope Julius II hired Michelangelo Buonarroti to paint frescoes onto the Sistine Chapel ...

Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel.

making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo, meet James Bond. On Wednesday afternoon, about 133 cardinals under the age of 80 will file into the ...

Michelangelo Meets James Bond: High-Tech in Sistine Chapel to Keep Conclave Secret By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably ...