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The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...
The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...
Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that ...
Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...
The Sistine Chapel has closed to the public so it can be prepared for the conclave, a gathering of cardinals who will elect ...
The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.
Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the liturgy, underlining the ...
The conclave to select the next Pope is starting, and the Sistine Chapel is the room where it happens. As depicted (with some ...