The last weeks of Ordinary Time focus on eschatology, the Last Things (death, judgment, heaven, hell). Before the post-Vatican II reform of the Lectionary (the Book of Biblical Readings for Mass), the ...

Michelangelo's fresco of "The Last Judgment," covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is being restored. The work, which started on Feb. 1, 2026, is expected to ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A thin, white film caused by decades of rising visitor numbers has dulled the dramatic contrasts of Michelangelo’s 'Last Judgment' in the Sistine Chapel. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — “The ...

The Church has always spoken of the Last Judgment on both the last Sunday in Ordinary Time and the First Sunday of Advent. Before the reform of the Roman Calendar in 1969, those two Sundays followed ...

Some may think that the Last Judgment is terrifying, but Pope Benedict XVI saw in it an image of authentic hope. Michelangelo's painting of the Last Judgment is an image full of activity. In it, ...

As the world's cardinals gathered beneath the gaze of Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" to elect Pope Leo XIV last May, the iconic 16th-century fresco watching over them appeared slightly muted. That ...

VATICAN CITY — Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the Vatican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelangelo's 16th-century fresco 'The Last Judgment.' Sistine Chapel collection via Wikimedia Commons Michelangelo's fresco of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” the imposing fresco of heaven and hell which dominates the Sistine Chapel, is undergoing its first major restoration in three decades, the ...