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

Tourists to Vatican are being shut out of the Sistine Chapel for the foreseeable future after the death of Pope Francis, which changed Rome’s most iconic site. Catholic cardinals meeting in Rome ...

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

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican ... This strictly confidential gathering sees Roman Catholic cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a decision is made.

Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals who will gather at the Vatican in the heart of Rome to choose the next pope in an ancient process fictionalised in the 2024 film ...

Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals who will gather at the Vatican in the heart of Rome to choose the next pope in an ancient process fictionalized in the 2024 film ...