The Sistine Chapel’s centerpiece, “Creation of Adam,” is immediately to the left of the entrance. But God waited until the sixth day to create Adam, so I started on what would be the Sistine ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather next week for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88.

Sistine Chapel's recent ties to pop culture. Besides the artwork, most people have also become familiar with the Sistine Chapel through fiction thanks to Robert Harris' 2016 hit book-turned-Oscar ...

CNA Staff, Aug 15, 2024 / 06:00 am. On Aug. 15, 1483, Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel to Our Lady of the Assumption. Today, as we celebrate the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary ...

The beginning . The project of the Sistine Chapel began in 1473, when a previous building on the site was destroyed, but the wall base and asymmetrical plan of the building remained as it was ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88.

The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art patron who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. But it was a later pontiff, Pope Julius II, who commissioned the ...