Michelangelo’s famous frescoes at the Sistine Chapel were originally met with scorn, concern, and controversy.

After an extensive investigation, the five-inch-tall sketch is heading to auction, where it's predicted to sell for up to $2 ...

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 historic ...

A California man discovered that a sketch inherited from his grandmother is an authentic Michelangelo drawing, confirmed ...

A 500-year-old Michelangelo drawing of a right foot used in a study for a portion of his Sistine Chapel ceiling mural could ...

If you haven’t made it yet to New York City’s newest landmark, the nearly $4 billion Santiago Calatrava-designed Oculus at the World Trade Center—it’s the world’s most expensive train station—here’s ...

Pope Francis baptized babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday for the first time since the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The pope baptized 16 babies — seven boys and nine girls — on ...

Presenting Sponsor Ascension Seton is thrilled to announce the premier and grand opening of The Sistine Chapel Experience, a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. More ...

The Edge, whose real name is Dave Evans, is the first rock musician to perform at Vatican City's Sistine Chapel Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel walls were reverberating with the sounds of U2 over ...

Fr. Massimo Palombella has ceased his position as director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, according to the Vatican. The music teacher had been under investigation for financial fraud. A July 10 ...