Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

"Conclave is packed with unexpected twists and its final reveal is one viewers will never see coming, an increasingly rare ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

What happens after a pope dies? Many are asking this as the 88-year-old pontiff has been in the hospital since Feb. 14.

Even Hollywood, which has lavished honors on the film, would have some reservations about actually producing such a plot.

Although director Edward Berger tends to sensationalize papal conclaves in “Conclave,” the film nonetheless gives audiences a ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome After back-to-back wins for best picture at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and at Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars, the papal thriller “Conclave ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to ...

COMMENTARY: The film’s prescription for a future pope coincides with the current Pope’s autobiographical reflections. Why ...

Conclave — which stars Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, and Isabella Rossellini — tells the story of a papal ...