You’ve probably seen pictures of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Maybe even stared at it in a textbook or squinted at it through a selfie stick crowd or watched the conclave coverage nonstop last week.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The conclave to select the next Pope is starting, and the Sistine Chapel is the room where it happens. As ...

In this short Today in History video, I talk about what happened on 1 November 1512, when Michelangelo’s paintings on the ...

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 ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

We’ve all wanted to yell it at one time or another, but only the master of papal liturgical celebrations gets to do it tomorrow in Latin. With a shout of “extra omnes!” on the afternoon of May 7, ...