Between the excitement over Pope Leo XIV and the Jubilee celebrations, Rome is the place to be this summer. The travel ...

He intended the holy city to become a showcase for the popes returning from Avignon after a painful schism with Rome ... Michelangelo, Sisto commissioned painters such as Botticelli to fresco the two ...

Facing each other are scenes from the lives of Moses and Christ ... Julius II Della Rovere—Sixtus IV’s nephew—commissioned Michelangelo to repaint it. Working mostly alone, having dismissed ...

The 133 cardinal electors, meeting behind closed doors, will have the task of electing Pope Francis’ successor starting Wednesday, surrounded by the beauty of frescoes by Michelangelo ... the scenes ...

The 133 cardinal electors, meeting behind closed doors, will have the task of electing Pope Francis’ successor starting Wednesday, surrounded by the beauty of frescoes by Michelangelo ...

FILE - Nuns talk in front of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti's Moses statue ... II inside San Pietro in Vincoli Basilica in Rome, July 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia ...

Adorned with some of the most famous frescoes in the world—much of it the work of Michelangelo ... with wall fresco cycles of “The Life of Moses” and “The Life of Christ” by such ...

Later that was extended to 15 days to give all cardinals time to get to Rome. The quickest conclave ... Nuns admire Michelangelo's Moses masterpiece, part of Pope Julius II's tomb, inside St ...

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) FILE - Nuns talk in front of Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti's Moses statue ... Pietro in Vincoli Basilica in Rome, July 2, 2013.

The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the ... If you want to mix in some Michelangelo, there are several options in lieu of St. Peter’s. His formidable Moses statue in San Pietro ...