Following the death of Pope Francis, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather at some point next month to elect ...

That is why most popes in history have chosen the name John. After stating his new name, the new pope is taken to the ...

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting ... The fresco depicts more than 300 figures, with the blessed ascending to heaven and the damned dragged into hell—some ferried by Charon ...

Former Indonesian President Jokowi was one of the four people sent by President Prabowo Subianto to the Vatican to attend the ...

Michelangelo was immediately accused of immorality and obscenity for depicting naked figures in a church ... colours as too bright. * The Sistine Chapel was first used for a conclave after ...

"The Slum Pope has died. Long live the pope of the poor, the marginalised, the disenfranchised," the world cried. Now that ...

Michelangelo was immediately accused of immorality and obscenity for depicting naked figures in a church ... with some criticising the dazzling colours as too bright. * The Sistine Chapel was first ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...

The Sistine Chapel, nestled deep within Vatican City's guarded walls, is instantly recognized for Michelangelo's artistic ...