Sistine Chapel to close ahead of conclave: Here’s how it’s preparing for gathering of cardinals
Millions visit the Sistine Chapel every year – making it the second most visited museum in the world – but it will now transform into a place for the secretive process to elect the successor to Pope Francis.
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White smoke rises from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that Pope Francis had been elected in 2013. Pic: Reuters
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Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Pic: Reuters
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Michelangelo's fresco La Creazione (The Creation). Pic: AP
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![Newly installed tables for next week's conclave stand under Michaelangelo's frescoes in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel April 16, 2005. [When Roman Catholic cardinals vote in the Vatican for a new pope next week, they will swear an oath before God in Latin and then cast ballots written in the Church's official language.]](https://www.nowworldview.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skynews-sistine-chapel-michaelangelo_6899927.jpg)
