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March 9, 2015

Investigation of stolen Michelangelo notes underway after ransom demand

Italian police are investigating after a top Vatican official received a ransom demand for Michelangelo’s stolen notes. More than 10,000 parchment, documents and slips of paper connected with the basilica’s design were stolen. Michelangelo is best known for painting the Sistine Chapel during the last two decades of his life.

VATICAN CITY - A top Vatican official received a ransom demand for the return of Renaissance-era documents by the artist Michelangelo.

Published in International
October 18, 2014

Endangered Sistine Chapel to be opened for outside fundraisers

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican Museums is pictured in this March 9, 2013, file photo.

VATICAN CITY - Despite worries about the impact of millions of tourists on Michelangelo’s precious frescoes, the Sistine Chapel is opening its doors for the first time to a new kind of tourist to support Pope Francis’ charities.

Published in Vatican