Sistine Chapel's recent ties to pop culture. Besides the artwork, most people have also become familiar with the Sistine Chapel through fiction thanks to Robert Harris' 2016 hit book-turned-Oscar ...

T he conclave to select the next Pope is starting, and the Sistine Chapel is the room where it happens. As depicted (with some liberties taken) in the Oscar-nominated film Conclave, this historic ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new pope today. AFP via Getty Images. Mid-morning Thursday, the Vatican television cameras resumed their fixed shot on the Sistine Chapel ...

The beginning . The project of the Sistine Chapel began in 1473, when a previous building on the site was destroyed, but the wall base and asymmetrical plan of the building remained as it was ...

In fact, this will be only the 26th conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel, and there have been 266 popes. LUCIANO GAGLIANO: The conclave in the past could be organized everywhere, not only Rome ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, indicating no consensus on a new pope.. The 133 voting cardinals have ...

The second day begins with Mass at 8:15 a.m. in the Pauline Chapel, followed at 9:30 by midmorning prayer from the Divine Office and voting in the Sistine Chapel.

The Sistine Chapel stands on the foundation of an older chapel called the Capella Magna. In 1477, Pope Sixtus IV instigated a rebuilding of the chapel, which was then named for him.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes ...

On Aug. 15, 1483, Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel to Our Lady of the Assumption. Today, as we celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, let’s take a closer look at this ...