The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after ...

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

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican ... This strictly confidential gathering sees Roman Catholic cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a decision is made.

The new pope will be chosen by cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, with all of Michelangelo’s genius gazing down on ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting on ... in a papal residence 30km from Rome, will remain shut "in mourning", the Museums Directorate announced. Castel Sant’Angelo—a former ...

Once the cardinals are assembled in Rome, they gather under Michelangelo’s magnificent painted ceiling in the Sistine Chapel to begin their deliberations. The cardinals take a solemn oath of ...

“Rome and Romans have lived cheek-to-jowl with ... Can you visit the Vatican and will basilica and the Sistine Chapel be closed? Following the death of Pope Francis, St Peter’s Basilica ...