Michelangelo’s artistic masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel broke new ground ... Before the fall, Lev commented, Michelangelo depicted Adam and Eve in the state of grace as “two of his most ...

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 ...

Michelangelo secretly painted himself onto the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel ... in “The Creation of Adam” — the famous fresco painting that adorns part of the chapel’s ceiling.

It's a story that almost any Christian would be instantly familiar with. According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were the first man and woman on Earth. Said to be made out of dust and to have lived ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the ... the creation of Adam in the image of God. FRAYER: And explains the backstory of how one of the most ...

as opposed to Eve disobeying, leading to the fall of mankind. This was an analogy to St. Paul’s statement: “As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15: ...

VATICAN CITY — Red curtains are hung on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables, ballots, pens, and vote-counting equipment. The Room of Tears is ...

It has been a gull-orious past two days in Vatican City. Moments before white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday afternoon, all eyes were on a seagull family, entertaining ...