The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope ...

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican ... This strictly confidential gathering sees Roman Catholic cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a decision is made.

Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals who will gather at the Vatican in the heart of Rome to choose the next pope in an ancient process fictionalized in the 2024 film ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather ... who will gather at the Vatican in the heart of Rome to choose the next pope in an ancient process ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

In the afternoon, they walk in a solemn procession into the Sistine Chapel, which will have undergone a security sweep to check for any illicit recording devices before their arrival. For ...

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting on ... in a papal residence 30km from Rome, will remain shut "in mourning", the Museums Directorate announced. Castel Sant’Angelo—a former ...

Rome has two international airports ... operations and returns the buildings to what they were built for. The Sistine Chapel, for example, will hold the conclave, while St. Peter’s will be ...