This abandoned 17th-century chapel - known as the Oval Church - had been high on our list for a long time, and we finally made the trip. It may not be massive, but its atmosphere and unique ...

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

The Sistine Chapel, a sacred room in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, is one of the most famous chapels in the world—and ...

Head carpenter Jim Sullivan has been restoring the Chapel pews over the last year. The dry atmosphere of the Chapel has ...

Usually, popes live in the papal apartments at the Apostolic Palace. Pope Leo may buck tradition like Pope Francis. Photos ...

There, she prayed on her knees before a painting of the Virgin Mary, beseeching God for the grace to enter the Carmelite ...

As the world watches the conclave, underway inside the Sistine Chapel, seagulls perched atop the roof, giving them a bird’s-eye view of the chimney where a plume of white or black smoke will soon tell ...

Cardinals have begun the conclave process to elect a successor to Pope Francis, amid protests for women’s rights and ...

According to Vatican Museums’ official website, “it is forbidden to take photographs or films with any type of electronic equipment” inside the Sistine Chapel Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis ...

On Wednesday, the inside of the Sistine Chapel was prepared for the start of the Papal Conclave to elect Pope Francis' ...

Days after a Wesley Chapel mother turned to 8 On Your Side, saying her daughter was being bullied repeatedly at a Pasco ...

the good of the Church and of humanity”. Later, the cardinals gathered in the Pauline Chapel inside the Vatican for prayer and reflection, beseeching the Holy Spirit to guide them as they set ...