The unvirginal hands of a gay man decorated the walls and ceilings the most famous church in the world: the Sistine Chapel.

The late artist Maxo Vanka created the mural in 1941, based on a scene from the Book of Exodus. It’s one of 25 murals that ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that cardinals locked inside have elected ...

They sing Gregorian chants in Latin, pray and receive Communion at a side chapel — inside the huge, nondenominational ...

The official start of the papal conclave to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church is about to begin. The 133 voting cardinals are expected to take their oaths at the Sistine Chapel at about ...

Vatican City is abuzz as white smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel ... confirming him as the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.The crowd in St. Peter’s Square broke into loud cheers ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume ... a two-thirds majority to elect a new pope for the Catholic Church. American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly ...