The Sistine Chapel Experience partner Gary Lucchesi has received the prestigious Ordine al Merito del Lavoro award from the President of the Government of the Italian Republic ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sistine Chapel Experience announced that one of its partners, producer Gary Lucchesi, received the prestigious Ordine al Merito del Lavoro award from ...

The Sistine Chapel, Reimagined in Austin

For centuries, millions have traveled to Rome to gaze upward in awe at Michelangelo’s breathtaking ceiling inside the Sistine Chapel. Yet for most visitors, the ...
AOL

White smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel chimney. What does it mean?

The most-watched chimney in the world right now is the one attached to the Sistine Chapel, which signaled around noon E.T. on May 8 that a new pope has been chosen. Massive crowds cheered in Vatican ...
Austin American-Statesman

Has a pope been chosen? Here's why there was white smoke during papal conclave Thursday

This story is no longer being updated. Visit the latest file, published Thursday afternoon, for updates. As the world watches and one of the largest religions on the globe awaits its new dignitary, ...
WSB-TV

Black smoke again pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected

THE VATICAN (AP) — Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic ...
KTVU

‘Sistine seagull’ steals spotlight during papal conclave — again

A seagull has gained viral fame for perching on the Sistine Chapel chimney during papal conclaves. The bird’s presence has inspired memes and social media fascination dating back to 2013. Though the ...