Pope Francis, 88, died of a stroke on April 21, Easter Monday, after a long respiratory illness. About 135 cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pontiff next week, according ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here ... left to eat and sleep beneath Michelangelo's vivid Renaissance masterpiece.

Not exactly Michelangelo, Pope Francis tries his hand at mural painting. By Philip Pullella and Patricia Vicente Rua. August 3, 2023 12:32 PM UTC Updated August 3, 2023 Item 1 ...

When Pope Francis became pontiff: A timeline of his religious journey and career. Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose ...

When the conclave’s cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo’s frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the 267th pope will have to decide whether to continue Francis’ policies.

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Pope Francis and ...

In 1964, Michelangelo's Pieta made a journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows NYC on display in the Vatican Pavilion.

The following transcript is from "Pope Francis" which aired on September 20, 2015. ... He turned down the Apostolic Palace where popes roomed with Michelangelo and moved into a Vatican hotel.

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

Inaugurated by Pope Paul VI in June 1973, the collection includes works by Van Gogh, Francis Bacon, Marc Chagall and Matisse, and pieces by contemporary artists like the photographers Rinko ...

Francis’ body — dressed in papal vestments, with a white bishop’s miter on his head — will lie in state at St. Peter’s Basilica for several days to allow the faithful to bid farewell. On ...

Pope Francis dies; first pontiff from ... The vote for Benedict’s replacement, inside Michelangelo’s magnificent Sistine Chapel, concluded the evening of March 13, 2013, ...