Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.

The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.

Sometimes known as Britain’s Sistine Chapel, the Painted Hall of ... Located in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia, this Roman Catholic cathedral has an awe-inspiring stained glass roof, designed ...