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

Following the death of Pope Francis, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather at some point next month to elect ...

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

Other artists who contributed masterpiece frescoes to the Sistine Chapel include Botticelli, Pietro Perugino—best known for training Raphael—and Domenico Ghirlandaio. Though the conclave has ...

The Sistine Chapel has been the site of all conclaves since 1878. Image: Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Pic: Reuters What art and detail can be seen at the chapel? The cardinals ...

About 135 cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pontiff next week, according to the Vatican. For inspiration, the cardinals can look at the sweeping frescoes from renowned ...

The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to describe it as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel.” Veronique Plesch ...

The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state's art community to describe it as "Maine's Sistine Chapel." The murals were painted by artists ...