In its noon bulletin, the Vatican said ... the needs of the church and the qualities a future pope must have, and then organizes the conclave balloting in the Sistine Chapel.

During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, ...

Pope Francis is set to feature in a documentary filmed in the Sistine Chapel about the universal ... library of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, they said in a statement.

Pope Francis greets a child after he baptized him during Mass in the Sistine Chapel ... Vatican employees who have more children. In a Jan. 15 communique from the Governorate of Vatican City ...

The Vatican City is toughening punishments for people entering the place illegally, in light of the expected influx of ...

The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a wrench Thursday ...