The unimpressive exterior of the Sistine Chapel, begun in 1473 by Pope Sixtus IV.

This very Reformed interior has the table and pulpit as focal points. The uniformity of design and structure of these two means of grace is to emphasize the unity of word and sacrament. The tracker action organ is discreetly ...

The purposeful connecting link from classrooms and dormitories to the chapel is intended as a calming transitional space with the baptismal font at the entry reminding all of baptism as the entry to Christ's church.

Chapel in the foreground, dormitories behind.

Positioned on the wall just to the right of the entry to the chapel and the floor design suggestive of baptism.

Even the hallways of the Sala Regia are adorned with massive frescoes and baroque ornamentation. It was through these hallways that we were also taken by the Dutch papal sacristan, Archbishop van Lierde, who granted ...

Photos were not allowed in the Pauline chapel which is the pope's private chapel. Through the influence of the Ladies of Bethanie and the ecumenical euphoria of Vatican II, together with the pope's recent visit to Geneva ...

Embracing Orthodox as well as Protestants, and being open to Roman Catholicism, the chapel of the WCC provides not only a pulpit (left) but a barrier suggestive of the ancient chancel screens before the liturgical center ...

Entering the chapel, note the floor with the suggestion of waves and water symbolizing entry into the church through baptism into Christ.

This entrance to the Vatican Palace was designed by Michelangelo to alter the perspective so that this staircase looked greater, longer, and grander than it really was. This was our entrance as we began our approach to the ...