While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and ...

What is a Conclave? Process to select a Pope explained as Francis undergoes hospital treatment - The method the Catholic ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

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Directed by Edward Berger and starring a sublime Ralph Fiennes as a reluctant candidate for the post of the Pope, Conclave is a visually stunning, taut political potboiler that delves into the ...

If you ever wondered whether the Vatican's corridors of power resemble a smoke-filled backroom poker game, Conclave confirms that suspicion—minus the cigars, plus a discreet vape or two.

Story: After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is entrusted with the conclave, a highly confidential voting process that shall elect the new Pope. But the closed ...

Adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel of the same name, Conclave takes us deep behind closed doors into the hallowed halls of the Vatican following the sudden death of the Pope. Contentious ...