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The increased global emphasis on generative AI has forced artists and their fans to consider ethical boundaries. Tri-Cities art scenes are no exception.

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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 ...

And the astonishing Sistine Chapel ceiling, which he didn’t even want to paint. Johanna Guttmann: “He saw himself as a sculptor first. That was his love, and that was his passion.

Michelangelo’s Drawings for the Sistine Chapel Visit the U.S. Michelangelo Buonarroti. Self-portrait in the act of painting the Sistine ceiling with autograph sonnet (ca. 1509–10).

The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry.

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow for live news updates.

Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting cardinals who elected him as the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion ...