The Sistine Chapel
In Our Time: Religion
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The Silent Conclave
I always feel that this particular chapel is quite separate from some of that ing of conflict that goes on outside. It almost seems to me like a place that julius the second and his successors would be able to come and think and engage with the art work above them and around them. But i think we do see conflict creeping in in the practical day to day usage of the chapel, particularly when it comes to conclaves. This is the place where the new popes get elected. And that's an enormously political matter, with spain and france backing differ candidates,. The italian states lining up their particular parties for who should be the next pope. There are warrior popes
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