King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next month to the Vatican, ...

Wednesday, March 6, the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts will unveil its new ...

The museum, located on the campus of William & Mary, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, Sunday from noon to ...

A rare collection of sketches by Michelangelo, made in preparation for painting the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling, is on ...

The exhibition runs through May 28 and features 25 sketches he made while planning designs for his fresco on the ceiling and altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It’s the type of art ...

James Hill for The New York Times The word conclave — from the Latin “with key” — refers to the isolation imposed on the cardinals who are locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a new pope ...

Following the mass, the cardinals then proceed to the Sistine Chapel and take an oath of secrecy before the doors are shut. The Sistine Chapel has been used for the special meeting since 1858.

Only those under age 80 may participate in the secret ballot in the Sistine Chapel. Four rounds of voting take place every day until a candidate receives a majority of two-thirds of the vote.