Michelangelo's world-famous "Last Judgement" fresco in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican will undergo extensive cleaning over ...

VATICAN CITY — Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel ...

VATICAN CITY -- Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the Vatican ...

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing ...

Pope Leo XIV baptizes infants inside the Sistine Chapel during Mass for the Baptism of the Lord Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media). Listen ROME – Pope Leo XIV Sunday resumed the tradition ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday beneath Michelangelo’s frescoed ceiling, continuing an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday ...

Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 infants, the children of Vatican employees, during Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In his homily, the Pope urged parents to see ...

The world officially has a new pope in Robert Francis Prevost, the first American ever to become pontiff, and with his appointment will return the Sistine Chapel, which has been closed to the public ...

The stove where ballots to elect the new pope will be burned during the upcoming conclave has been installed in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican's fire brigade was seen on the roof of the Sistine ...

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