VATICAN CITY — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter’s Square to await their decision, after the first ...

From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.

It took Michelangelo four years to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. It was grueling, miserable work, as he told a friend in a poem.

From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous church and its artistic treasures?

Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He became the first American pope in history. (OSV News photo/Francesco Sforza ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for symbolic reasons.

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a new pope and began taking measures to block any electronic interference ...