Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Work to prepare the Sistine Chapel for the gathering of the cardinals to elect a new pope has begun. The building in Vatican ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...

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

Approved before the Roman Rota, the Court of Appeal, and the Labor Office of the Apostolic See, she has put her knowledge of Vatican intricacies at the service of those “shipwrecked” by its ...

The gaze of those who enter the Sistine Chapel through the ceremonial door – the east door of the building, the one through which popes, cardinals and their retinue have always made their entrance, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. All Saints’ Day is a day when many may receive a gift or special words of encouragement from others. Those whose name coincides with a ...

Discover what to see at the Vatican Museums: updated guide to the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Rooms, PDF map, opening hours, tickets and tips for your visit. 0 Book online ️ ...

VATICAN CITY — The 70th anniversary of the death on April 10 of Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the controversial French Jesuit whose works the Vatican formally censured in 1962, has given ...