The Vatican has closed the Sistine ... papal chapel in the 15th century. But it was a later pontiff, Pope Julius II, who commissioned the works by Michelangelo, who painted the ceiling depicting ...

The conclave will be held in the Sistine Chapel, under a ceiling of Michelangelo's frescoes. This week, I snagged one of the last tickets to go inside that famous chapel before the College of ...

A Conclave is a tradition held since the 1300s and occurs right inside the Vatican, and underneath where Michelangelo’s most famous frescoes cover the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Only ...

A church in West Sussex is home to a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling A church near the West Sussex coast contains an homage to one of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo's most ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel ... To decorate the chapel's ceiling, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the man for the ...

Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather next week for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88.

Within the unassuming exterior of English Martyrs Catholic Church in Goring-by-Sea is a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. The replica roof was created in proportion to the 16th ...