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

The Sistine Chapel has closed to the public so it can be prepared for the conclave, a gathering of cardinals who will elect ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

Security experts say the operation to secure Pope Francis' funeral will be anything but uncomplicated and straightforward.

The South Solon Meeting House has a secret unknown even to some who drive through the tiny Maine town every day.

A change in popes is a complicated process. Here are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of ...

Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in ...

The Sistine Chapel, nestled deep within Vatican City's guarded walls, is instantly recognized for Michelangelo's artistic ...

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

The gaze of those who enter the Sistine Chapel through the ceremonial door – the east door of the building, the one through which popes, cardinals and their retinue have always made their entrance, ...