Visitors to St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco are getting an intimate look at one of the world's most iconic artistic masterpieces - without having to travel to Rome.

Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting cardinals who elected him as the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion ...

Sistine Chapel is the most famous in the world, but all the ceilings there are beautiful. Pugliese family visited Vatican Museum in Italy in June 2025 ...

Beyond St. Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel lies another Vatican—filled with hidden palaces, secret archives, and overlooked treasures of the world’s smallest country ...

The Vatican prepared the Sistine Chapel today for the election of a new pope by installing electronic jamming devices, floorboards to protect the historic chapel's marble floors and the stove that ...

A lone seagull perched near the Sistine Chapel chimney became the unexpected star of the papal conclave livestream — reviving a viral tradition as the world waits for news of the next pope.

Cardinals in the Vatican have fail to elect a new Pope as black smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel after a secret ballot. Onlookers around the world saw black smoke emerge from the Sistine ...