The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after ...

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican ... This strictly confidential gathering sees Roman Catholic cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a decision is made.

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

The new pope will be chosen by cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, with all of Michelangelo’s genius gazing down on ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting on ... in a papal residence 30km from Rome, will remain shut "in mourning", the Museums Directorate announced. Castel Sant’Angelo—a former ...

Rome has two international airports ... operations and returns the buildings to what they were built for. The Sistine Chapel, for example, will hold the conclave, while St. Peter’s will be ...

During the nine-day mourning period, cardinals from around the world gather in Rome and begin meeting ... Behind closed doors in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the cardinals will cast ballots ...