When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta” is on display at the Stanley Spencer gallery, in the former Wesleyan chapel on Cookham High Street, where the artist worshipped as a child. But, for the first time ...

Is it a religious message, a secret code, or just Da Vinci being Da Vinci? Probably all three.3. The symbolic composition ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election ... As the cardinals gaze up at the ceiling, they will feel the power of the “Creation of Adam,” one of the most famous frescoes by ...

Pope Sixtus IV was the figure who built and inaugurated the Sistine Chapel exactly two ... another famous fresco from Michelangelo's hand is The Creation of Adam. This relatively complex painting was ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine Chapel and ... walk under Michelangelo's iconic "Creation Of Adam," which shows ...

One important aspect of the conclave is the location itself, the Sistine Chapel. My colleague ... they will walk under Michelangelo's iconic "Creation Of Adam," which shows God with his divine ...

One important aspect of the conclave is the location itself, the Sistine Chapel. My colleague Scott Detrow ... And as they are singing the hymn, they will walk under Michelangelo's iconic "Creation Of ...

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...