The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to describe it as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel.” Veronique Plesch ...

After your 4 weeks ... is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to describe it as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel.” The murals were painted by ...

Decisions that only the pope can make, such as appointing a bishop or convening the Synod of Bishops, must wait till after ... the Sistine Chapel and take an oath of absolute secrecy before ...

The death of the 88-year-old pontiff puts into motion the process of selecting a successor, according to longstanding Vatican ...

(NEXSTAR) – Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff in history, has passed away after a lifetime of ... rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. If and when two-thirds of the ...

Humility and humanity were the hallmarks of Pope Francis’s 12-year reign, and his common touch quickly saw him dubbed the ...

Once they enter the Sistine Chapel ... fresco, the artist depicts the ascent of souls to Heaven. According to the Vatican Museums website, the painting is centred around the figure of Christ just ...