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What happens when the Pope dies? How Catholic leader is chosen and what comes next
What happens when a Pope dies is a hugely choreographed and rehearsed series of events, that have been replicated over the ...
The church that copied the Sistine Chapel ceiling
Within the unassuming exterior of English Martyrs Catholic Church in Goring-by-Sea is a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ...
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What happens when a pope dies? Funeral and conclave explained
After a pope's death is confirmed by the camerlengo, the personal representative of the Sacred College of Cardinals, the ...
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Did the Vatican Once House Erotic Frescos?
In the early 16th century, the Vatican was reckoning with quite how ... (including Michelangelo’s Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel). While it has not been proven that the Vatican had ...
King and Queen’s ‘special’ meeting with Pope in final weeks of his life
Charles and Camilla’s meeting with the Pope in what would be his final weeks was arranged at the last minute and took place ...
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Drawings Make First U.S. Visit
At the turn of the 16th century, Pope Julius II commissioned a reluctant Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Michelangelo considered himself more of a sculptor ...
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The church that copied the Sistine Chapel ceiling
A church in West Sussex is home to a scale replica of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling ... proportion to the 16th Century original, which is located in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.