Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be ...

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

After a nine-day mourning period, cardinals will gather to choose the next leader of the Catholic Church. View on euronews ...

Visitors have been barred from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave of cardinals will vote to elect the next pope.

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

The new pope then immediately goes into a chamber adjoining the Sistine Chapel to be clad in the papal robes. As the faithful and the curious crowd into St. Peter's Square below, the cardinal ...

Selecting a pope as part of the conclave is considered a cardinal's highest duty. Those who do so are known as cardinal electors. Cardinals walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican ...

The Sistine Chapel will be closed to the public while it is used for voting on the new pope - a process that will see the famous room closed for at least a week. Crowds and queues around the ...

Pope Francis's funeral began shortly after ... Saturday's service began with music sung by the Sistine Chapel Choir. The first reading was done by American Vatican News journalist, Kielce Gussie.

The Sistine Chapel will close to the public starting on Monday (28 April) as the Vatican prepares to host the conclave to elect the next pope. The gathering of cardinals, which will take place ...

Cardinals in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral have been having ... The princes of the Church meet in the famed Sistine Chapel, the sacred Vatican site adorned with Michelangelo’s paintings.