Friends were discussing the brilliant new film Conclave this week ... the 2005 one that elected Pope Benedict XVI and the 2013 one that elected the current pope, Francis. It was utterly fascinating.

Friends were discussing the brilliant new film Conclave this week, and said they were surprised athow political electing a new pope is. I was surprised at their surprise. One could argue, as I do, ...

2013. Two Popes at the same time In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced his desire to resign from the papacy and the conclave elected the first Latin American pope, Francis. For the first time, two ...

An adaptation of “Fatherland,” the best-selling novelist’s first solo work, “sets my teeth on edge,” he admits. His newest ...

It’s not the drama you expected to carry 2024. The period of a conclave, or the time in which the cardinals of the globe sequester to elect a successor following the passing of the pope), may not have ...

It might seem strange to say that Conclave, a movie nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actor, is becoming something of a Best Picture long shot… but conventional wisdom ...

While Conclave nabbed several Oscar noms this morning, including Best Picture, there is a real-life Vatican drama happening ...

Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events — selecting the new pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the ...

One film that stands a decent chance in quite a few of the major categories – including Best Picture – is Edgar Berger's papal thriller Conclave, which racked up eight nods on the back of a ...

In the movie, Cardinal Lawrence (Fiennes) oversees the conclave, in which Catholicism's most powerful leaders vote for a new pope. And with each round of voting, Lawrence uncovers more and more ...