The College of Cardinals, clad in their red cassocks, solemnly processed towards the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s awe ...

The cardinals hold their election in the Sistine Chapel, under Michelangelo’s frescoes of the Last Judgment and of Bible scenes, including the creation panel with the fingers of God and Adam ...

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

We visited the Sistine Chapel and stood beneath Michelangelo’s images of Creation and the Last Judgment, where cardinals have gathered to choose the next Pope since 1846. Bill Tinsley has served as ...

The cardinals assemble in the Sistine Chapel where they sit in silence with Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement surrounding them. After the cardinals swear oaths to observe the rules and maintain ...

The cardinals may take some inspiration from the frescos and artwork of Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel. Above the altar is the imposing Last Judgement with trumpeting angels on clouds ...