An Immersive Exhibition opens for a limited season from May 16 to July 19 at St Mary's Cathedral, offering a rare opportunity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the ...

By Jim Farber In 1923, filled with political zeal following the victory of the Mexican Revolution, Diego Rivera took on a ...

The conclave to select the successor to Pope Francis began Wednesday in Vatican City, where cardinals from around the world gathered to take part in the mysterious process that has been used for ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: This story incorrectly says the Apollo 11 mission took place in 1968. It occurred in 1969.] A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Cardinals celebrated mass in Vatican City this morning.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with art historian Kim Butler about the artwork that adorns the walls of the Sistine Chapel and its significance ahead of the conclave to elect the next pope. The College of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on ...

It’s been half a millennium since Michelangelo finished painting the cavernous Sistine Chapel. Experts are still discovering hidden symbolism throughout his handiwork. Their latest revelation? The ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter’s Square to await their decision, after the first conclave ...

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. Pope Francis has been laid to rest, and ...