The Vatican Museums, which includes the Sistine Chapel, has been closed to the public as Vatican City prepares for the gathering of cardinals who will vote to elect a new pope following the death ...

Visitors admire the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Museums on the occasion of the museum's reopening, in Rome, May 3, 2021. Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino In recent days, they have heard ...

Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals ... and how long the gem of the Vatican Museums will remain off-limits. “I think we felt very lucky to be able to be the last ...

According to Vatican Museums’ official website, “it is forbidden to take photographs or films with any type of electronic equipment” inside the Sistine Chapel Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals ... and is responsible for everything from the Vatican Museums that provide the Holy See with most of its ...