Authorities only allow the sketches to leave Italy for 12 weeks every few years ... One may be Michelangelo’s first sketch for the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling. Some of the drawings also detail ...

Ready for a seductive night out? The newly anointed Sistine sets the mood on Chapel Street with an irreverent cocktail bar primed for parties that last well into the early hours. Guided by the Valarc ...

As Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, remains hospitalised with double pneumonia, discussions about his ...

The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City is one of the most famous chapels in the world. Every year, millions of people from all over the world visit the Pope's official residence to see its mesmerising ...

Here's a list of frontrunners who may be elected as the next Pontiff after Pope Francis, who has been hospitalised for weeks ...

As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will ...

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

EDINBURGH boasts a hidden gem often likened to the Sistine Chapel, offering visitors a breathtaking view of floor-to-ceiling paintings. Just a ten-minute walk from the capital's Waverley Station ...

After a pope’s death or resignation, a conclave is convened in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, where cardinals ... serves as the pro-prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the ...

While Pope Francis remains in hospital with double pneu­monia, many are asking who might lead the Vatican and Catholic Church ...