The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the ...

New exhibit on Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel at Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg features rarely displayed ...

A "hidden message" has been unearthed in one of Michelangelo's most renowned masterpieces, centuries after its creation. In a revelation that seems to have been lifted straight from Dan Brown's ...

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

Other cultural sites have also been steadily shutting down to visitors as the Vatican marks the death of Pope Francis ...

Here's a look at the well-choreographed transition process and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the Catholic ...

“Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” a revelatory research exhibition at William & Mary’s Muscarelle ... painting the “Last Judgment” and Pauline Chapel frescoes, as well as ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are ...