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 — Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” is getting a facial, with restorers removing a chalky white film of salt that has accumulated over the Renaissance masterpiece since its last major ...

On the Byzantine Catholic calendar, Meatfare Sunday, the Sunday which commemorates the Second Coming of Christ and the Great and Dreaded Tribunal of the Last Judgment,comes to remind us that the Great ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Journalists report in front of a screen with a replica of “The Last Judgment,” superimposed on it that covers the scaffolding used for its extraordinary maintenance, during the presentation for press ...

The second of what the Catholic Tradition calls the “Four Last Things” is judgment. Judgment is about as popular a concept as root canals. And yet, the desire for judgment never really goes away in ...

A screen with a replica of “The Last Judgment,” superimposed on it covers the scaffolding used for its extraordinary maintenance during a presentation for press in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, ...

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 ...