The conclave is scheduled to start on March 12 inside the Sistine Chapel and will be attended by 115 cardinals as they vote to select the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. (Photo by Franco ...

Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

CNN's Jonathan Mann explains the conclave process. Inside the Sistine Chapel, paper ballots are passed out to each cardinal, who writes the name of their chosen candidate below the words "Eligo in ...

The cardinals are locked inside the Sistine Chapel to ensure secrecy and to avoid outside influence. Even before the formal procedure begins, all telephones, cell phones, radios, televisions and ...

Is there anything left to say about the Sistine Chapel? Adriano Marinazzo, the curator of the accompanying exhibition of the same name at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the college of William ...

More than six million people visit the Sistine Chapel each year - making it the third most-visited museum in the world. This puts a strain on the health of the famous frescos. So the Vatican ...

The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability. Comprising more ...

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Some of the most historic artwork in the world can be seen in Pigeon Forge and you don’t have to travel to the Vatican City to see it. WVLT’s Kyle Grainger was the ...