After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals ...

The highly secretive meeting - the Conclave - to choose the next pope takes place inside the Sistine Chapel, complete with ...

The Vatican has announced that the Pope is dead. A series of arcane rites now occur and then the complex process of naming a ...

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...

European monarchs and religious entities had a penchant for erecting massively elaborate and intricately beautiful monuments ...

The Sistine Chapel restoration brought new beauty and wonder to a Renaissance classic. It also brought a chorus of howling ...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked students from Atlanta Public Schools who are taking part in an immersive foreign study experience in France and Spain during their spring break to blog for us ...

Among the anticipated highlights of the trip was a joint service in the Sistine Chapel focused on "care for creation,” which spotlights the leaders’ value in the shared role of mankind in safeguarding ...

The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability. Comprising more ...

If the U.S. Forest Service allows Grand Targhee Resort to grow to the south, officials need to consider new lifts, ski runs and glades — and a fundamental change to how they manage that part of ...

An audience with the Pope and a service in the Sistine Chapel were key elements of the visit to the Vatican planned for the start of next month. Just last week, Buckingham Palace said that the ...