The Sistine Chapel, nestled deep within Vatican City's guarded walls, is instantly recognized for Michelangelo's artistic ...

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Seven well known personalities, of different faiths and beliefs, tackle a challenging 300km pilgrimage on iPlayer and BBC Two from 20 April ...

Christ will judge us immediately after our death, and on the last ... Judgment? A. The rewards or punishments appointed for men's souls after the Particular Judgment are Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.

Traditionally, the new pope is then taken to a small sacristy behind the Last Judgment wall of the Sistine Chapel. It is sometimes referred to as the “Room of Tears,” because some newly ...

Ballots are cast in secret, with each cardinal approaching Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgment to recite a prayer before placing their vote. Four rounds of balloting are taken until a ...

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Eventually, they will convene at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican to vote by secret ballot, “processing one by one up to Michelangelo’s fresco of the Last Judgment, saying a prayer and ...