Life Secrets of the Vatican

Mini-state, magnificent museum, nerve center of a globe-girdling church, the Vatican is a magnet for millions of people every year. LIFE's cameras capture the opulence, and the spirituality. Learn more about:
- The Popes who reigned there: the good, the great and the bad.

- The treasure trove that is the Vatican Museum
- The Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo's storied ceiling before and after its restoration

- The new world of Pope Francis